[Acute spinal epidural hematoma complicated with essential thrombocytosis].
An 82-year-old woman was brought to our hospital with back pain and paraplegia. Her platelet level was elevated to 456 x 10(4) x mm(-3). She was diagnosed as having acute spinal epidural hematoma complicated with essential thrombocytosis. After emergency decompression surgery, chemotherapy with hydroxycarbamide was performed and platelets decreased to 80 x 10(4) x mm(-3). There were no perioperative complications, such as hemorrhage or thrombosis in other organs.
Mukawa
Chisui
C
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University.
Yamada
Keisuke
K
Yamamoto
Ken
K
Matsumoto
Taisaku
T
Takata
Muneaki
M
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D046748:Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019990:Perioperative Care; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000150:complications*