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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, asthma, and dermatomyositis as well as transplant recipients have all been reported to develop<unk>  after undergoing steroid therapy. Long-term steroid treatment is usually required to exacerbate<unk> . It usually occurs in thoracic or lumbar spine. Although results of neurologic examination may be normal, patients with<unk>  usually present with weakness, decreased sensation and reflexes, and mild back pain. Alterations in bowel and bladder function are seen infrequently. The treatment of<unk>  often consists of reduction in steroid dose and prescribed weight loss. Patients who undergo surgery for decompression may have a mortality rate (up to 22%), probably due to the overall immunosuppressed status of affected patients.
On T1-weighted images, the high signal intensity of prominent<unk>  fat is generally diagnostic for<unk> .
Epidural lipomatosis
Ganglioneuroma
Choroid plexus papilloma
Choroid plexus tumor
Subdural hygroma
Arteriovenous malformations
Capillary malformation
Aponeurosis