SPINAL EPIDURAL VASCULAR MALFORMATION PRESENTING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SPONTANEOUSLY RESOLVED ACUTE EPIDURAL HEMATOMA - CASE-REPORT

A 16-year-old boy developed acute neck pain and severe quadriparesis a fter mild rotatory movement of his neck. Magnetic resonance imaging re vealed a cervical epidural hematoma that resolved spontaneously within a few days. Vertebral angiography demonstrated a small vascular malfo rmation in the upper cervical epidural space. The vascular mass on the dural surface was totally resected and confirmed to be an arterioveno us malformation. This case represents the importance of including rout ine angiography in designing therapeutic strategy for cases of spinal epidural hematoma with spontaneous resolution.