title: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in the young.
abstract: There have been few descriptions of spontaneous epidural hematoma of the spinal cord in children. Duration of symptoms in previous cases has varied from hours to days. We recently evaluated a 6-year-old girl with cord compression from an extradural clot, who complained of thoracic back pain for 3 months before becoming paraplegic. Our experience suggests that spontaneous epidural bleeding may be responsible for episodic back pain and cord compression in children.
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology*