title: Lumbar pain with intracranial origin.
abstract: A 48-year-old woman presented low-back pain radiating to the lower right leg. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine revealed a L4-L5 subacute subdural hematoma (SDH). The patient had no general or local cause for this lumbar SDH, such as coagulation disorder, trauma, surgery, or lumbar puncture. She had a history of post-traumatic bilateral hemorrhagic contusions of the brain and intracranial SDH because of a fall occurring several months before the current problems. A downward migration of the cerebral SDH was found as only potential explanation of the lumbar SDH. The association between the intracranial and spinal hematomas is discussed.
authors: Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc - Radiology, Brussels, Belgium. vasilikiperlepe@gmail.com
authors: Vasiliki
authors: V
authors: Perlepe
authors: Luc
authors: L
authors: Haenecour
authors: Thierry
authors: T
authors: Duprez
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Omoumi
authors: Bruno C Vande
authors: BC
authors: Berg
authors: Frederic E
authors: FE
authors: Lecouvet
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed