ArticleJournal of spine surgery (Hong Kong)2024
Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in children: a case report and literature review.
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- [Radiological imaging of spinal trauma in special situations].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Electric massage chair-induced cervical spinal epidural hematoma.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH) is a hematoma within the spinal epidural space without the underlying causes of trauma or iatrogenic and is considered a very rare neurosurgical emergency disease in children that can cause spinal cord compression and neurological dysfunction. This article provides useful information and guidance to the clinician about SSEH in children regarding its specific characteristics, clinical presentation, and management strategy to achieve a better outcome. Case Description: A 14-year-old boy presented with an acute onset of neck pain radiating to the right shoulder and progressive right hemiparesis. The cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a right posterolateral hyperacute spinal epidural hematoma at C4-C7. The patient underwent an emergent open-door laminoplasty (C5-C6) with partial laminectomy (C4 and C7) and complete evacuation of the hematoma. The patient had a complete recovery after surgery with no neurological deficits. A literature search in the PubMed electronic database was performed to identify published English articles between January 2000 to December 2023 focusing on SSEH in children. We have found 81 articles with a total of 95 cases of SSEH in children, providing comparison data on sex, age, clinical presentation, etiology, location of the hematoma, treatment modalities, and outcomes. Conclusions: SSEH in children is a very rare neurosurgical emergency disease. Prompt and proper examination is essential to establish the diagnosis and early surgical decompression. Adequate surgical decompression may reduce intradural pressure and increase the blood perfusion to the spinal cord, thus, this will eventually reduce ischemia and prevent secondary spinal injury. As a result, complete recovery can be expected.
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