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A Case Of Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis Presenting As A Stroke Mimic, Jonas Salna Iv, James Lee, Eric Maddock, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
A Case Of Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis Presenting As A Stroke Mimic, Jonas Salna Iv, James Lee, Eric Maddock, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
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Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis (SEL) an excess of normal adipose tissue in the epidural space of the spinal canal, typically becoming symptomatic when cord compression results. First described in 1975 by Lee et al (Lee M, 1975), it is a relatively rare disease. Unfortunately, it is often diagnosed once patients have developed marked symptoms and can have dire complications. Oftentimes SEL is completely asymptomatic, and symptoms on initial presentation are vague. Mostly commonly it presents as worsening chronic back pain (Daniel R. Fassett M.D. M.B.A., 2004) with progressive lower extremity weakness and occasional cauda equina syndrome (Wells AJ, 2014), but this …