Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma; a Case Report
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2014),
,
Page 183-185
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v2i4.136
Abstract
Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSHE) is a rare entity can have several reasons. Its prevalence in population is 0.1 per 100,000 with the male to female ratio of 1/4:1. For the first time Jackson in 1869 reported a case of SSHE and after that it was declared as several hundred cases in literatures. Here, a case of SSHE was reported in a 52 year-old male referred to emergency department following severe low back pain.- Hematoma
- epidural
- spinal
- back pain
- case reports
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