Cervical epidural hematoma in a child

Pediatric cervical epidural hematoma is an uncommon diagnosis and very few cases have been reported so far. The condition is difficult to diagnose and requires immediate surgical intervention to obtain the best possible neurological outcome. Most of the cases are of a spontaneous origin. We report a...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Vishnu, Kundra, Sandeep, Chaudhary, AK, Kaushal, RK
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22865988
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98259
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author Gupta, Vishnu
Kundra, Sandeep
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Kaushal, RK
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description Pediatric cervical epidural hematoma is an uncommon diagnosis and very few cases have been reported so far. The condition is difficult to diagnose and requires immediate surgical intervention to obtain the best possible neurological outcome. Most of the cases are of a spontaneous origin. We report a case of traumatic cervical epidural hematoma, which was managed surgically, resulting in complete neurological recovery.
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spelling pubmed-34100082012-08-03 Cervical epidural hematoma in a child Gupta, Vishnu Kundra, Sandeep Chaudhary, AK Kaushal, RK J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Pediatric cervical epidural hematoma is an uncommon diagnosis and very few cases have been reported so far. The condition is difficult to diagnose and requires immediate surgical intervention to obtain the best possible neurological outcome. Most of the cases are of a spontaneous origin. We report a case of traumatic cervical epidural hematoma, which was managed surgically, resulting in complete neurological recovery. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3410008/ /pubmed/22865988 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98259 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gupta, Vishnu
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410008/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98259
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