title: Acute Cervical Subdural Hematoma with Quadriparesis after Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Block.
abstract: Cervical epidural steroid injection is frequently used in the conservative management of neck pain and cervical radiculopathy. Epidural cervical transforaminal injections are usually well-tolerated with mild side effects such as transient decreased sensory and motor function, or headache due to dural puncture. Although there are a few case reports about adverse effects of cervical epidural injection in the literature, it can cause severe complications such as large hematoma, infarction by spinal vascular injury. Subdural hematoma has been occurred much less common rather than epidural hematoma in the spinal cord. We report a rare catastrophic case of cervical spinal subdural hematoma with quadriparesis after cervical transforaminal epidural block.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Kyu
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki Whan
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Il
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Byoung Wook
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Cervical transforaminal epidural block; Quadriparesis; Subdural spinal hematoma