Cargando…

Migration of traumatic intracranial subdural hematoma to lumbar spine causing radiculopathy

BACKGROUND: There have been rare reports of intracranial subdural hematoma (SDH) that migrated into the spine. All previous cases have been surgically managed and in this case report, we describe the first case of conservatively managed spinal hematoma secondary to migratory intracranial SDH. CASE D...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Li, Charles H., Yew, Andrew Y., Lu, Daniel C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869281
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.113647
Descripción
Sumario:BACKGROUND: There have been rare reports of intracranial subdural hematoma (SDH) that migrated into the spine. All previous cases have been surgically managed and in this case report, we describe the first case of conservatively managed spinal hematoma secondary to migratory intracranial SDH. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 26-year-old male presented with a left tentorial SDH after blunt trauma. He was conservatively managed and discharged home. He presented 8 days later with worsening lower back pain that was found to be secondary to a spinal SDH. CONCLUSION: Spinal hematomas can be a serious sequelae of migrated intracranial hematomas. Tentorial and other caudally located intracranial hematomas may be more prone to this phenomenon.