Abstract
A 54-year-old black male with a 15-year history progressive lower extremity weakness was evaluated with a thoracic MRI that revealed epidural lipomatosis extending from T1-T10 with an associated syrinx at T1–3. He was neither overweight nor taking steroids. A multilevel thoracic laminectomy with resection of lipoma was performed without directly addressing the syrinx. Postoperatively, his symptoms improved and an MRI obtained 1 year after surgery demonstrated resolution of the syrinx. This is the only case of epidural lipomatosis with an associated syrinx that we have seen reported in the world literature.
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