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Table 1 Profiles of patients with lumbar epidural lipomatosis

From: Clinical and imaging characteristics in patients undergoing surgery for lumbar epidural lipomatosis

Case

Age (years)

Medical history

History of steroid administration

BMI (kg/m2)

1

64–65

none

none

26.1

2

79–80

gout

none

26.2

3

77–78

none

none

27.1

4

69–70

none

none

26.5

5

70–71

prostatic hypertrophy

none

25.6

6

73–74

none

none

25.8

7

77–78

hypertension

none

26.6

8

69–70

none

none

26.9

9

47–48

none

none

27.7

10

73–74

none

none

25.2

11

69–70

none

none

25.8

12

61–62

none

none

25.8

13

70–71

sudden deafness

PSL 5 mg/day for 1 year

25.5

14

77–78

polymyalgia rheumatica

PSL 7.5 mg/day for 3 years

26.2

15

62–63

interstitial pneumonia

PSL 8 mg/day for 1 year

27.6

16

64–65

Behçet disease

PSL 8 mg/day for 12 years

25.5

Mean

68.8

  

26.2

  1. All patients are men. BMI body mass index, PSL prednisolone