Epidural hematoma associated with occult fracture in ankylosing spondylitis patient: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 469-473

  Elgafy, Hossein ^a   Bransford, Richard J ^b   Chapman, Jens R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; epidural hematoma; occult fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARM WEAKNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OCCULT FRACTURE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 80053346478     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318204da02     Document Type: Review

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