PAMJ - Images Quiz
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65-year-old woman presented with isolated low back pain. She had no history of corticosteroid use, endocrinopathy or radicular pain. On examination, she was obese (height 155cm, weight 87kg) with a body mass index (BMI) of 56.1 kg/m2. Neurological exam was normal with no motor weakness and sensation was intact. Plain radiographs showed no evidence of abnormality, including instability and other pathologic findings. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an epidural mass posterior to the L5 vertebral body that was isosignal to subcutaneous fat and it compressed asymmetrically on the right side of the cauda equina and the exiting right L5 nerve root on sagittal (A) and axial (B) T2 weighted images. What is your diagnosis?

Spinal epidural lipomatosis
Spinal glioma
Spinal hydatidosis
Spinal syringoma

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