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Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: Report of a case managed conservatively

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is a rare cause of acute spinal cord compression. A 25-year-old male presented with a history of sudden onset of complete quadriplegia with sensory loss below the neck along with loss of bowel and bladder control. He had no history of any constitutional symptoms....

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Autores principales: Halim, Tariq Abdul, Nigam, Vishal, Tandon, Vikas, Chhabra, HS
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753167
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.41863
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author Halim, Tariq Abdul
Nigam, Vishal
Tandon, Vikas
Chhabra, HS
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Tandon, Vikas
Chhabra, HS
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description Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is a rare cause of acute spinal cord compression. A 25-year-old male presented with a history of sudden onset of complete quadriplegia with sensory loss below the neck along with loss of bowel and bladder control. He had no history of any constitutional symptoms. He reported 10 days later. He was managed conservatively and after two weeks of intensive rehabilitation he had complete neural recovery. The spontaneous recovery of neurological impairment is attributed to the spreading of the hematoma throughout the epidural space, thus decreasing the pressure with partial neural recovery. Conservative treatment is a fair option in young patients who present late and show neurological improvement. The neurological status on presentation will guide the further approach to management.
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spelling pubmed-27394582009-09-14 Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: Report of a case managed conservatively Halim, Tariq Abdul Nigam, Vishal Tandon, Vikas Chhabra, HS Indian J Orthop Case Report Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is a rare cause of acute spinal cord compression. A 25-year-old male presented with a history of sudden onset of complete quadriplegia with sensory loss below the neck along with loss of bowel and bladder control. He had no history of any constitutional symptoms. He reported 10 days later. He was managed conservatively and after two weeks of intensive rehabilitation he had complete neural recovery. The spontaneous recovery of neurological impairment is attributed to the spreading of the hematoma throughout the epidural space, thus decreasing the pressure with partial neural recovery. Conservative treatment is a fair option in young patients who present late and show neurological improvement. The neurological status on presentation will guide the further approach to management. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2739458/ /pubmed/19753167 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.41863 Text en © Indian Journal of Orthopaedics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Halim, Tariq Abdul
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Chhabra, HS
Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: Report of a case managed conservatively
title Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: Report of a case managed conservatively
title_full Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: Report of a case managed conservatively
title_fullStr Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: Report of a case managed conservatively
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title_short Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: Report of a case managed conservatively
title_sort spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: report of a case managed conservatively
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753167
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.41863
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