Non-traumatic rupture of the ligamentum flavum with symptomatic spontaneous lumbar epidural hematoma: A case report

Non-traumatic rupture of the ligamentum flavum with symptomatic spontaneous lumbar epidural hematoma: A case report

We present a case of a healthy 31 year-old male plumber who presented to the emergency room with acute onset back pain that acutely developed after simply bending over. He developed radiculopathy and cauda equina syndrome over a period of hours. An MRI demonstrated an acute lumbar epidural hematoma...

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Main Authors: Ashwin G. Ramayya, MD, PhD, Alejandro Carrasquilla, BS, Frederick L. Hitti, MD, PhD, Peter J. Madsen, MD, Jayesh P. Thawani, MD, Kimberly Imbesi, MD, Michael Trotter, MD, David K. Kung, MD, James Schuster, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918301993

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