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Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH) is an uncommon cause of acute nontraumatic myelopathy. We report a 14 year-old boy who had tetraplegia on awakening. Diagnosis of spinal epidural hematoma was made by magnetic resonance imaging. Despite spinal cord decompression within 9 h from onset, he remained tetraplegic. No cause for the bleeding was found. The pathogenic hypotheses of SSEH are discussed and the importance of rapid diagnosis and treatment is emphasized.
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Awada, A., Russell, N., Al Fayez, N. et al. Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: case report. Spinal Cord 36, 71–72 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3100521
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