Fig. 2From: Failure of lumbar puncture in a patient with spinal epidural lipomatosis: a case reportMagnetic 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)Back to article page