Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi 2004 , Vol 14 , Num 3
Thoracic Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis: Case Reports
Davut CEYLAN, A. Celal İPLİKÇİOĞLU, Kahan BAŞOCAK, Murat COŞAR, Cem DİNÇ, M. Aziz HATİBOĞLU
SSK Okmeydanı Eğitim Hastanesi, Nöroşirürji Kliniği, İstanbul Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) develops from excessive growth of epidural fat tissue and causes spinal cord compression. Most of these cases are using steroid therapy or diagnosed as endogenous Cushing Syndrome CS. Idiopatic SEL is seen rarely. We present three cases of idiopathic SEL, two located in the thoracic and one located in the lumbar spinal vertebrae. Anahtar Kelimeler : Lipomatosis, obesity, spine