title: [Spinal cord compression caused by idiopathic dorsal epidural lipomatosis: Case report and critical review of the literature].
abstract: We report the case of a patient with spinal cord compression evolving over 36 months with spastic paraparesis. Anatomic imagery showed epidural lipomatosis. No predisposing factors were found. Surgical treatment was decided. A T1-T10 laminectomy with excision of the surplus epidural fat was performed. Immediate and medium-term postsurgical follow-up was favorable with the disappearance of the pyramidal syndrome. Other cases found in literature and the principal predisposing factors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital Maison-Blanche, 45, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51092 Reims, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eap
authors.forename: C-F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Litre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duntze
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Theret
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noudel
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Graftieaux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rousseaux
mesh_terms: D004824:Epidural Space / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery