Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma; a Case Report

Maryam Motamedi; Alireza Baratloo; Alireza Majidi; Farhad Rahmati; Ali Shahrami

Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma; a Case Report

Emerg (Tehran). 2014 Fall;2(4):183-5.

Authors

Maryam Motamedi¹, Alireza Baratloo¹, Alireza Majidi¹, Farhad Rahmati¹, Ali Shahrami²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 26495379
PMCID: PMC4614565

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.

Keywords: Hematoma; back pain; case reports; epidural; spinal.

Publication types

Case Reports