ArticleSurgical neurology international2021
Spontaneous anterior cervicothoracic spinal epidural hematoma extending to clivus in SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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- SARS-CoV-2 infection and spontaneous spinal hemorrhage: a systematic review.Neurosurgical review · 2023Pooled it
- Retroclival Epidural Hematoma in Pediatric Head Trauma: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review.Journal of central nervous system disease · 2025Article
- Vertebral artery dissection as the underlying cause of ventral spinal epidural haematoma.BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- Unveiling the Culprit: Candida-Induced Spondylodiscitis Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Cureus · 2023Article
- Post-COVID-19 Spondylodiscitis: A Case Study and Review of the Literature.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in a pediatric hemophiliac.Surgical neurology international · 2023Article
- Spontaneous Cervical Epidural Hematoma Following COVID-19 Illness Presenting to a Chiropractor: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
- A case of spontaneous thoracolumbar epidural hematoma in Covid-19 pneumonia.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe treatment of spontaneous spinal epidural hematomas (SSEHs), depending on the lesion size and myeloradicular involvement, can be surgical or conservative. Here, we present a 55-year-old patient who sustained a SSEH several months following a systemic SARS-CoV-2 infection. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 55-year-old immunocompromised female (i.e., history 17 years ago of Hodgkin's lymphoma, nodular sclerosis variant) recently developed a SARS-CoV-2 infection treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents. She then reported the sudden onset of cervicodorsalgia after a slight cervical flexion/extension maneuver. The brain and cervicothoracic spine MRI studies documented a clival anterior spinal epidural hematoma with maximum spinal compression at the T1-T2 level; it also extended inferiorly to the T6 level. Two weeks later, the follow-up MRI showed a remarkable reduction in the anteroposterior diameter of the hematoma that correlated with significant neurological improvement and almost complete pain regression. She was discharged after a total 15-day hospital stay, with complete symptoms relief.
conclusionWe present a 55-year-old chronically immunocompromised (i.e., due to the history of Hodgkin's lymphoma) female who, following a SARS-CoV-2 infection, developed an anterior SSEH extending from the clivus to the T6 spinal level that spontaneously regressed without surgical intervention.
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