title: Delayed traumatic spinal epidural hematoma with neurological deficits.
abstract: To describe the mechanism that causes spinal epidural hematoma with neurologic deficit and review the literature. We report a case of a 62-year-old man with post-traumatic epidural hematoma in the cervicothoracic spine, who developed progressive neurological deficit which eventually resulted in complete paralysis below T1. During surgical evacuation significant spine compression due to an organizing hematoma was observed. After surgery, the patient's motor function improved and there was a complete recovery of the neurologic deficit after a rehabilitation program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Epidural hematoma can happen after delayed traumatic event leading to a variable degree of neurologic damage.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC - FMABC, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Luciano Miller Reis
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC - FMABC, Santo André, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC - FMABC, Santo André, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Edison Noboru
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Fujiki
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC - FMABC, Santo André, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milani