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A CURIOUS CASE OF SPINAL EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS (SEL): A SIGN INDICATING CUSHING'S SYNDROME
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A CURIOUS CASE OF SPINAL EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS (SEL): A SIGN INDICATING CUSHING'S SYNDROME

Shilpi Singh, Abbey Reed and Mohsen Zena
Endocrine practice, Vol.23, p.1
04/01/2017

Abstract

Adrenal glands Back pain Hormones
Case Presentation: We report a 74-year old Nepalese women who had MRI-Lumbar Spine for evaluation of chronic back pain which showed epidural lipomatosis. Since spinal epidural lipomatosis is seen in glucocorticoid excess, a 1 mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test (ODST) was performed. Three consecutive midnight salivary cortisol, and Abdomen/pelvis CT...

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