Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis in a Patient with the Ectopic Corticotropin Syndrome
- 28 October 1999
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (18) , 1399-1400
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199910283411814
Abstract
Spinal epidural lipomatosis, or excess epidural fat, can compress nerve roots or the spinal cord. It occurs in patients with morbid obesity, hypothyroidism, and exogenous Cushing's syndrome1 but rarely in those with endogenous Cushing's syndrome.2-4 We describe a patient with spinal epidural lipomatosis who had the ectopic corticotropin syndrome.Keywords
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