title: [Spontaneous epidural hematoma in panarteritis nodosa].
abstract: Four years after the first sign of panarteritis nodosa, a 60 years old woman presented severe pain in the lower thoracic spine followed by motor, sensory and sphincter paralysis. With corticosteroid therapy, condition improved 24 hours later, but myelography revealed an incomplete block from T9 to L1, by an epidural hemorrhage. In the course of panarteritis nodosa, one case of epidural hemorrhage, and a few cases of subarachnoid hemorrhage of the spinal canal have been described.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Hématome épidural spontané au cours d'une panartérite noueuse.