[Spinal extradural lipomatosis. Revision of 108 cases. Case induced by exogenous contribution of ACTH].

Authors present a male patient with Spinal Extradural Lipomatosis, previously treated of a cerebral astrocytoma with surgery and radiotherapy, after which he received ACTH for a long period of time. Clinical manifestations were rachialgia, paraparesia with pain and dysestesias in both lower extremities. Diagnosis was carried out by Magnetic Resonance imaging. After a progressive withdrawal of the treatment with ACTH, the patient achieved a complete recovery and neuroimaging studies showed the dissappearance of the compression caused by the lipomatosis. We carry out a revision of the literature showing data we consider of interest derived from the wide series subjected to study.