A 61-year-old male presented to our hospital complaining of claudication: bilateral leg weakness impeding mobility. Symptoms started after 100 m of walk and recede after several minutes of rest. The patient was obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 41 kg/m2 and reported a weight gain of about 55 pounds in the last year. Patient's comorbidities were dyslipidemia, hypertension, and antithrombin III deficiency. The patient also suffered from chronic low-back pain recently worsened and cervical pain. Pulses in the lower limbs were present. Neurological examination was also unremarkable
MRI Diagnosis of Obesity-Related Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis / Spinnato P.; Ponti F.; De Pasqua S.. - In: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0317-1671. - ELETTRONICO. - 47:1(2020), pp. 124-125. [10.1017/cjn.2019.301]
MRI Diagnosis of Obesity-Related Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis
Spinnato P.;De Pasqua S.
2020
Abstract
A 61-year-old male presented to our hospital complaining of claudication: bilateral leg weakness impeding mobility. Symptoms started after 100 m of walk and recede after several minutes of rest. The patient was obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 41 kg/m2 and reported a weight gain of about 55 pounds in the last year. Patient's comorbidities were dyslipidemia, hypertension, and antithrombin III deficiency. The patient also suffered from chronic low-back pain recently worsened and cervical pain. Pulses in the lower limbs were present. Neurological examination was also unremarkableI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
