Spinal cord compression by spontaneous spinal subdural haematoma in polycythemia vera.
A woman with an eight-year history of polycythemia vera presented with numbness and weakness of both legs. A large spinal haematoma was revealed on magnetic resonance imaging which was treated clinically and which subsequently resolved.
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Department of Radiology, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
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D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*