• Eur Spine J · Jun 2012

    Case Reports

    Chronic pure radiculopathy in patient with organizing epidural hematoma around C8 nerve root.

    • Sang-hyuk Kim, Sang-ho Jeon, Jae-lim Cho, Hung-tae Chong, Dong-jun Kim, Moon-chan Kim, and Jong-pil Eun.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Spine Center, Bumin Hospital, 380-4, DeokCheon-1 Dong, Buk-Gu, Busan, 616-819, South Korea.
    • Eur Spine J. 2012 Jun 1;21 Suppl 4:S450-2.

    AbstractSpontaneously occurring spinal epidural hematomas are uncommon clinical findings, and the chronic form is the rarest and its most frequent location is the lumbar spine. Pure radicular involvement is far less frequent than myelopathy. We report a case of progressive radiculopathy in a 52-year-old man with spontaneously occurring cervical epidural hematoma (SCEH). The patient had left hand weakness and numbness for 4 months. MRI scan showed small space-occupying lesion around left 8th cervical nerve root. After surgery we confirmed chronic organizing epidural hematoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second reported case in the worldwide literature of pure radiculopathy in a patient with chronic SCEH.

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