Psychiatrie, Neurologie, und medizinische Psychologie
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Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz) · Mar 1990
Case Reports[Spontaneous epidural hematoma with cervical localization--report of a case with etiopathologic analysis].
A case of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is reported. The 56-year-old man was hospitalized with neck pain followed by right sided Brown-Sequard syndrome at the level of C5-6 with a light rectovesical insufficiency and cervical sympathetic symptomatology. CT scan revealed right sided extradural high density mass. ⋯ The spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is rare emergency. The exact etiology is unknown. Etiology and pathophysiology of this unusual lesion are described.