title: Peridural lipomatosis.
abstract: Fifteen cases of peridural lipomatosis are presented. All patients were treated surgically in the years 1965 to 1974 and reexamined in 1975. In 5 cases of condition improved, in 4 cases it was unchanged and in 6 patients it deteriorated. It is emphasized that the question of surgical therapy must be decided individually.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004388:Dura Mater; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery