CERVICAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA ASSOCIATED WIT H ANTICOAGULATION - A REVIEW OF ETIOLOGIES AND PROGNOSIS

Authors
HAGE P NOHRA G MOUSSA R SAMAHA E CHEMALY R OKAIS N
Citation
P. Hage et al., CERVICAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA ASSOCIATED WIT H ANTICOAGULATION - A REVIEW OF ETIOLOGIES AND PROGNOSIS, Revue neurologique, 153(1), 1997, pp. 67-68
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Revue neurologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00353787
Volume
153
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
67 - 68
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-3787(1997)153:1<67:CEHAWH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report a case of cervical epidural hematoma associated with anticoa gulant therapy in a 68 year-old man, who presented with tetraplegia. H e was operated 12 hours after the onset. Three months later, he had re covered almost completely. The etiologies and prognosis of such lesion s are reviewed.