Spontaneous resolution of a large spinal epidural hematoma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 816-818

  Wagner, Simone ^a   Forsting, Michael ^a   Hacke, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspirin; MRI; Resolution; Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029967746     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199604000-00036     Document Type: Article

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