Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma with spontaneous resolution.
Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma is of unknown aetiology, but it has been associated with hypertension. Treatment is surgical decompression but three cases of spontaneous recovery have been reported. We report the fourth such recovery in a 68 year old hypertensive woman.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009192:Myelography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*