Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Jea, Andrew ^a   Moza, Kapil ^a   Levi, Allan D ^a   Vanni, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute quadriplegia; Pregnancy; Spinal epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARAPLEGIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TUMOR; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18244367892     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000157963.82356.1C     Document Type: Review

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