J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1991 Jun;20(6):480-486.

A Case of Spontaneous Cervical Spinal Epidural Hematoma: Case Report

• Paik JM
• Chung H
• Choi GH
• Yeo HT
• Rhee JK

Abstract

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is a rare cause of spinal cord compression. Recently, at our hospital, the author et al had the opportunity of observing case with spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma in a 28 years old woman who had suddenly felt a strong pain in interscapular area. Rapidly after she noticed weakness in her legs and one day later she was completely paraplegia. The MRI of spine was done. There show tubular like low signal intensity at posterior epidural space of C7 level and ghigh signal intensity of cord at C7 level due to cord compression effect. In this article, we are adding one more rare case of spontaneous cervical spinal epidural hematoma confirmed by MRI.

Keyword

Spontaneous epidural hematoma; Spinal MRI; Laminectomy

MeSH Terms

Adult
Epidural Space
Female
Hematoma
Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal*
Humans
Laminectomy
Leg
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Paraplegia
Spinal Cord Compression
Spine