Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in a young individual associated with hypertension

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in a young individual associated with hypertension

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH) is a rare cause of acute spinal cord compression. The exact etiology of this entity is not known, and it has been associated with blood dyscrasias, coagulopathy, infection, tumor, vascular malformations, and hypertension in the literature. Emergency surgic...

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Main Authors: Krishan K. Yadav, Sanjay Kumar, Saurabh K. Verma, Amit A. Wagh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2014-09-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
conservative
cord compression
epidural
hematoma
hypertension
spontaneous
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.146837

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