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case_images: Plain radiographs of the lumbar spine. Antero-posterior view shows non-specific, mild to moderate degenerative changes
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case_images: A lumbosacral spine x-ray showed age-related mild to moderate cartilage degeneration (Fig. 1). 
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging T1 weighted view. a A sagittal scan shows hypertrophy of epidural fat predominately located posterior from L5 to S1 level. b A axial scan of L3-L4 revealed excessive amount of fat within the epidural space compressing the thecal sac. A high signal intensity lesion corresponds to fat (white arrows)
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case_images: The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an epidural mass located at the posterior aspect of the spinal canal extending from the level of L3 to S1 (Fig. 2a). T1-weighted images, compatible with fat. The axial image demonstrated an epidural fat compression of the thecal sac (Fig. 2b).