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  • Title: Spinal subdural hematoma associated with anticoagulant therapy in a patient with spinal meningioma.
    Author: Toledo E, Shalit MN, Segal R.
    Journal: Neurosurgery; 1981 May; 8(5):600-3. PubMed ID: 7266805.
    Abstract:
    A case of spontaneous subdural hematoma in the cervicothoracic region associated with a small meningioma in a patient on anticoagulant therapy is presented. The neurological complications of anticoagulant therapy are discussed briefly. Progressive neurological deterioration in a patient on anticoagulant therapy should prompt the performance of an emergency myelogram and a possible laminectomy in spite of the potential risks of these procedures. Intraspinal bleeding occurs more frequently in the form of an epidural hematoma, but the clinical presentation may not allow differentiation from a subdural hematoma. The possible causal relation between the asymptomatic spinal meningioma, the anticoagulant therapy, and the formation of the subdural hematoma is discussed.
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