Unusual cause of lumbar canal stenosis in 8th decade of life – Spinal epidural lipomatosis

oleh: Manoj Phalak, Sukanta Das, Manmohan Singh, Bhawani Shanker Sharma

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01

Deskripsi

Spinal Epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is an uncommon condition, usually presents in young and middle aged patients, with male preponderance. Idiopathic SEL is rare, particularly in 8th decade of life. SEL should also be considered as a differential diagnosis in approach of elderly patient presenting with lumbar canal stenosis. Such a case of 77 year old man is presented here.