Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi 2000 , Vol 10 , Num 3
SPONTANEOUS SPINAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA: CASE REPORT
H. Murat GÖKSEL, Özen KARADAĞ, Mustafa GÜRELİK, Ünal ÖZÜM
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroşirürji A.B.D., Sivas Spinal epidural hematomas are infrequent entities. Besides the presence of several different causative factors in the majority of the patients, a small group of cases is defined as "spontaneous". We present a patient, who had a spontaneously developed cervicothoracic spinal epidural hem atom a with a good prognosis after surgical treatment. Relevant reports are reviewed following the case presentation. Anahtar Kelimeler : Epidural hematoma, spinal cord compression, surgical decompression