Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma Causing Brown-Sequard Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-244

  Riaz, Salman ^a   Jiang, Harry ^b   Fox, Richard ^a   Lavoie, Michel ^a,c   Mahood, James K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anticoagulation; Brown Sequard syndrome; laminectomy; neurological recovery; spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL HEMATOMA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35448971329     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.032     Document Type: Article

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