Spinal epidural hematoma in a patient on chronic anticoagulation therapy performing self-neck manipulation: a case report

Abstract Background Spinal epidural hematoma is a rare condition usually secondary to trauma and coagulopathy. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first case of a patient with an iatrogenic hypercoaguable state performing self-neck manipulation, which resulted in a spinal epidural hematoma...

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Main Authors: Jesse Cooper, Patrick Battaglia, Todd Reiter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12998-019-0264-9