Joint, bone, spine : revue du rhumatisme
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Review Case Reports
Spinal epidural lipomatosis revealing endogenous Cushing's syndrome.
Spinal epidural lipomatosis is defined as accumulation of nonencapsulated fat within the spinal canal. It occurs chiefly in patients on long-term glucocorticoid therapy or in obese patients without any other detectable cause. We report the second case of spinal epidural lipomatosis revealing endogenous Cushing's syndrome.