title: Spinal cord compression by spontaneous spinal subdural haematoma in polycythemia vera.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalina
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Drehobl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woldenberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sapan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*