Table 1.

Summary of reported spinal epidural lipomatosis after epidural steroid injection

Case no	Author	Age/sex	Level	Steroid	Total of dosage of steroid (mg)	Duration of steroid use	Imaging	Interval of imaging	Treatment	Outcome
1	Roy-Cammille et al.	64/F	T10–L2	Methylprednisolone acetate	4,120	Unknown	Myelography after steroid use	a	Laminectomy T10–L2	Improved
2	Tok et al.	45/M	L4–5	Triamcinolone acetonide	40	3 months	MRI before and after steroid use	3 months	Laminotomy L1–4, Laminectomy L5, PLF	Improved
3	Sandberg et al.	68/M	L2–3	Triamcinolone acetonide	240	3 months	MRI before and after steroid use	6 months	Laminectomy L2–5	CR
4	McCullen et al.	61/F	L4–5–S1	Methylprednisolone acetate	1,200	4 years	MRI before and after steroid use	4 years	Conservative	CR
5	Kim et al.	59/F	L3–S1	Triamcinolone acetonide	760	3 years	MRI after steroid use	–	Laminectomy L3–S1	CR

CR Complete recovery

^aThe authors did not check radiologic image before epidural steroid injection