A proposed link between spinal epidural lipomatosis,prostate cancer and androgen deprivation therapy

Abstract

We present a patient with prostate cancer with vertebral metastases who developed spastic paraparesis secondary to spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) after receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). We propose a link between ADT, metastatic prostate cancer and SEL.

Keywords

Prostate cancer androgen deprivation therapy vertebral metastases paraparesis spinal epidural lipomatosis

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