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

Figure 3

Contrast-enhanced MRI scans in coronal (a), sagittal (b), and axial (c, d) views reveal an epidural mass at L4/5 and bone defects with concentric rim of edema (circle) (hypointense in T1-weighted, hyperintense in T2-weighted and short tau inversion recovery (STIR)) in the endplates of the L3, L4, and L5 vertebrae and acute Schmorl’s nodes.

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