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  • Title: [Transient neurological manifestations disclosing spontaneous acute cervical epidural hematoma].
    Author: Le Coz P, Helias A, Woimant F, Haguenau M.
    Journal: Rev Neurol (Paris); 1997 Jun; 153(5):325-30. PubMed ID: 9296166.
    Abstract:
    Spontaneous cervical epidural hematomas are uncommon lesions that usually produce permanent neurological deficit unless there is early surgical decompression. They are now well-recognized by scan X and especially by sagittal MRI of the spine. We describe 2 patients, a 24 year-old man and a 79 year-old woman with no previous history of trauma who were admitted in emergency for a sudden weakness of limbs, respectively a tetraplegia and a right hemiplegia. Both patients complained of inaugural and acute neck pain. Motor deficit completely resolved in few hours and MRI of the spine showed on T1 a signal isointense, extending respectively from C3 to C6 and C5 to C7, consistent with an hematoma. Laboratory data and angiography were normal. Surgery was recused. Neck pain lasted about a week. Follow-up MRI, in one case, was normal two months later. Cervical epidural hematomas revealed by transient neurological findings that completely and permanently resolved are exceptional. They could mimic ischemic myelopathy and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of other painful vascular conditions like symptomatic vertebral dissection to avoid inappropriate anticoagulation. Conservative management in these cases may be proposed if spontaneous neurological resolution is confirmed by MRI.
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