Delayed focal neurological deficit secondary to a cervico-thoracic spinal cord epidural haematoma.
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.
Newey
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Spinal Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, Australia.
Cain
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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