We report the case of a man of 65 who, at 20 and 37 days from surgery of C6 corpectomy, experienced two epidural hematomas at C7-D1. We assume that the pathogenic cause of this rare disease was an overlap between three main factors: the surgical aggression of the internal anterior epidural venous plexus; a possible increase of intra-thoracic pressure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and double antiplatelet drug therapy. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Recurrent spinal epidural hematoma: Case report / Caruso, Riccardo; Venceslao, Wierzbicki; Luigi, Marrocco. - In: NEURO-CHIRURGIE. - ISSN 0028-3770. - STAMPA. - 59:2(2013), pp. 105-107. [10.1016/j.neuchi.2012.10.140]
Recurrent spinal epidural hematoma: Case report
CARUSO, Riccardo;Alessandro Pesce;
2013
Abstract
We report the case of a man of 65 who, at 20 and 37 days from surgery of C6 corpectomy, experienced two epidural hematomas at C7-D1. We assume that the pathogenic cause of this rare disease was an overlap between three main factors: the surgical aggression of the internal anterior epidural venous plexus; a possible increase of intra-thoracic pressure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and double antiplatelet drug therapy. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
