ReviewOrthopedic reviews2022
Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness: Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis or more?
Review in Orthopedic reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- Complete radiologic and clinical reversal of lumbar spinal epidural lipomatosis via GLP-1 agonist.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Artificial Intelligence in Neurology: Assessing the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Reasoning of Large Language Models.Cureus · 2025Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Spinal epidural lipomatosis is a condition that is characterized by an excess amount of epidural adipose tissue in the spinal canal. Occasionally, it can narrow the spinal canal enough to cause cord impingement resulting in neurological deficits. The authors report on a case of a 43-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with bilateral lower extremity weakness. After computed tomography imaging, he was found to have spinal lipomatosis. Since the patient had other symptoms that could not be accounted for by this diagnosis alone, he was admitted to the hospital for further neurologic workup. He eventually developed ascending areflexia which led to the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré, which was corroborated by further history that was not available initially.
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