Spinal epidural hematoma associated with Paget's disease.
Although increased skeletal blood flow in the bone involved by Paget's disease is well described, spinal hemorrhage in association with that disease has not previously been reported. We report a patient with Paget's disease of bone who developed a subacute epidural hematoma of the lumbar spine.
Lee
K S
KS
Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
McWhorter
J M
JM
Angelo
J N
JN
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology