title: Delayed focal neurological deficit secondary to a cervico-thoracic spinal cord epidural haematoma.
abstract: This is a report of an elderly woman who developed focal neurological deficit in association with a cervico-thoracic spinal epidural haematoma. Symptoms developed several days after the initial injury and subsequently resolved without surgical intervention. The unusual features of this presentation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Spinal Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Newey
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004824:Epidural Space; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009333:Neck; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013909:Thorax; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed