Epidural hematoma after routine epidural steroid injection

BACKGROUND: There are few reported cases of an epidural spinal hematoma following interventional pain procedures. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of a spinal epidural hematoma in a patient with no known risk factors (e.g. coagulopathy), who underwent an epidural steroid injection (ESI) in the sam...

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Autores principales: Alkhudari, Azzam M., Malk, Craig S., Rahman, Abed, Penmetcha, Taruna, Torres, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27213109
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.181906
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author Alkhudari, Azzam M.
Malk, Craig S.
Rahman, Abed
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Torres, Maria
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description BACKGROUND: There are few reported cases of an epidural spinal hematoma following interventional pain procedures. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of a spinal epidural hematoma in a patient with no known risk factors (e.g. coagulopathy), who underwent an epidural steroid injection (ESI) in the same anatomic location as two previously successful ESI procedures. CONCLUSION: Early detection was the key to our case, and avoiding sedation allowed the patient to recognize the onset of a new neurological deficit, and lead to prompt diagnosis as well as surgical decompression of the resultant hematoma.
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spelling pubmed-48660652016-05-20 Epidural hematoma after routine epidural steroid injection Alkhudari, Azzam M. Malk, Craig S. Rahman, Abed Penmetcha, Taruna Torres, Maria Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: There are few reported cases of an epidural spinal hematoma following interventional pain procedures. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of a spinal epidural hematoma in a patient with no known risk factors (e.g. coagulopathy), who underwent an epidural steroid injection (ESI) in the same anatomic location as two previously successful ESI procedures. CONCLUSION: Early detection was the key to our case, and avoiding sedation allowed the patient to recognize the onset of a new neurological deficit, and lead to prompt diagnosis as well as surgical decompression of the resultant hematoma. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4866065/ /pubmed/27213109 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.181906 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Surgical Neurology International 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27213109
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.181906
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