Spontaneous Lumbar Epidural Hematoma: Case Report.
- Author:
Seok Mann YOON
1
;
Won Han SHIN
;
Bum Tae KIM
;
Soon Kwan CHOI
;
Bark Jang BYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Spontaneous lumbar epidural hematoma;
MR imaging;
Surgical decompression
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Decompression, Surgical;
Diagnosis;
Gait;
Hematoma*;
Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal;
Humans;
Low Back Pain;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Metrizamide;
Myelography;
Paraparesis
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1995;24(3):317-321
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authers report a case of spontaneous lumbar epidural hematoma in a 16-year-old boy who developed lumbago, paraparesis and gait disturbance over a six-day period. Metrizamide myelography and CT demonstrated the extradural mass lesion at the L3-4 level. MRI revealed a hyperintense mass on T1-weighted and T2-weighted sequences and it enabled to make diagnosis of epidural hematoma. The patient had full postsurgical recovery. We concludes MRI is the most helpful diagnosis modality for spinal epidural hematoma.
