SPONTANEOUS SPINAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA - A CAUTIONARY TALE

Authors
LORD GM MENDOZA N
Citation
Gm. Lord et N. Mendoza, SPONTANEOUS SPINAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA - A CAUTIONARY TALE, Archives of emergency medicine, 10(4), 1993, pp. 339-342
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Archives of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02644924
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
339 - 342
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-4924(1993)10:4<339:SSEH-A>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Less than two hundred cases of spontaneous spinal epidural heamatoma ( SSEH) have been reported in the literature and theories as to its gene sis are diverse. It is a serious condition, especially if there is a d elay in diagnosis, as early treatment confers marked prognostic advant age. We present a case report of a 68-year-old male who was diagnosed as having a spinal epidural haematoma, followed by a discussion of the possible aetiology of this condition.