Spinal Epidural Lipoma on the Ventral Dura Side and Intervertebral Foramen Causing Lumbar Radiculopathy

Figure 1

Computed tomography scans in coronal (a, d), sagittal (b), and axial (c, e) views showing posterior vertebral scalloping changes of L3, L4, and L5 without erosion of the cortical and medullary bone (arrowheads) and the cavity of the posterior wall connecting the foramen (arrow). Schmorl’s nodes at the endplates of L3, L4, and L5 are observed (circle).

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