title: Idiopathic Thoracic Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma.
abstract: A 33-year-old male patient experienced temporary sensory loss and weakness in the right lower extremity one month prior to admission. The patient was admitted to a private clinic with a three-day history of acute onset of sensory loss and weakness in both lower extremities and was treated and followed up with a prediagnosis of transverse myelitis and the Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). The patient was subsequently transferred to our clinic and the neurologic examination revealed paraplegia in both lower extremities, positive bilateral Babinski signs, and hypesthesia below the T10 dermatome with saddle anesthesia. The patient had urinary incontinence and thoracic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an image of a mass compressing the medulla.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aycan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Van District Training and Research Hospital, 65100 Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seymen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Van District Training and Research Hospital, 65100 Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Harun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9414-4552
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Van District Training and Research Hospital, 65100 Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Edip
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonullu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Van District Training and Research Hospital, 65100 Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cemal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bozkına