Rapid spontaneous recovery after development of a spinal epidural hematoma: a case report
| Autor: | Dogan Seref, Ömer Aydın, Ramazan Buyukkaya, Bahattin Hakyemez |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Male
medicine.medical_specialty Remission Spontaneous Neurological examination Epidural hematoma medicine Humans Neck pain medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged medicine.disease Spinal cord Hematoma Epidural Spinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Radiological weapon Emergency Medicine medicine.symptom Paraplegia business |
| Popis: | WOS: 000332525500036 PubMed: 24238481 Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is a very rare clinical emergency. A permanent neurological deficit or even death may result if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Many cases can be diagnosed upon detailed neurological examination and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Usually surgery is required but rarely the condition may improve spontaneously. A 46-year-old male patient was admitted to our emergency department because of rapidly evolving severe paraplegia following development of sudden-onset neck pain. Spinal MR imaging detected an epidural hematoma compressing the spinal cord at the C5-T1 level. Clinical and radiological follow-up showed that the patient recovered spontaneously in 48 hours without any need for surgical treatment. |
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