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Excessive accumulation of intraspinal fat causing cord compression and neurologic deficits
Thoracic spine: 58-61%
T6-T8, dorsal to spinal cord
Epidural fat ≥ 7 mm thick
Lumbar spine: 39-42%
L4-L5, surrounding thecal sac
Y-shaped configuration to lumbar thecal sac on axial imaging
Mass effect on thecal sac and nerve roots
Follows fat signal intensity on all sequences
Fat suppression to confirm adipose tissue, exclude blood products
Subacute epidural hematoma
Spinal angiolipoma
Epidural metastasis
Epidural abscess
Exogenous or endogenous steroids
General obesity
Idiopathic
Gradual progression of symptoms
Weakness: > 85%
Back pain, sensory loss, polyradiculopathy, altered reflexes, incontinence, ataxia
Excessive accumulation of intraspinal fat causing cord compression and neurologic deficits
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