Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma in a patient with end-stage renal disease

Chien-Tai Huang; Chien-Hao Lin; Hsiu-Po Wang; Wan-Ching Lien

doi:10.1111/hdi.12970

Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma in a patient with end-stage renal disease

Hemodial Int. 2022 Jan;26(1):E5-E7. doi: 10.1111/hdi.12970. Epub 2021 Jul 5.

Authors

Chien-Tai Huang¹, Chien-Hao Lin¹, Hsiu-Po Wang², Wan-Ching Lien¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 34227217
DOI: 10.1111/hdi.12970

Abstract

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is extremely rare in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We report a case of a 71-year-old man with ESRD presented with progressive left limb weakness. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed spinal cervical SEH involving C3-5 level. The patient received emergent decompression laminectomy with the evacuation of the epidural hematoma.

Keywords: end-stage renal disease; spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma; stroke mimicking.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal* / complications
Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic* / complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic* / therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Renal Dialysis