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Case Reports
. 1986 Sep;62(731):885-7.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.62.731.885.

Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma with spontaneous resolution

L A Brawn, U E Bergval, G A Davies-Jones
Case Reports

Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma with spontaneous resolution

L A Brawn et al. Postgrad Med J. 1986 Sep.

Abstract

Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma is of unknown aetiology, but it has been associated with hypertension. Treatment is surgical decompression but three cases of spontaneous recovery have been reported. We report the fourth such recovery in a 68 year old hypertensive woman.

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