Right sensory-motor syndrome as the presentation of a spontaneous cervico-thoracic epidural hematoma

M. Castro-Del Río, J.A. Egido-Herrero, C.J. Saldaña, M.d. Andrés-del Barrio Nota Clínica ● Views 2814 ● Downloads 143 Castellano English Português

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.27158.97331

Introduction. A spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma is an infrequent cause of cord compression. The commonest clinical presentations are with paraparesia and tetraparesia. Transient hemiparesia is very rare and a sensory-motor syndrome is exceptional. Clinical case. A 38 year old man had sudden onset of spontaneous interscapular vertebral pain with bilateral root radiation. A few minutes later he started to have weakness and sensory loss in his right limbs. On clinical examination there was pain on pressure over the spinal apophyses of the T4 and T5 vertebrae, hemiparesia and hemi-hypoalgesia of the right limbs. After ten hours this had all returned to normal. MRI of the cord showed an epidural hematoma extending from C6 to T2. Coagulation studies and spinal arteriography were normal. Conclusions. The sensory motor syndrome is an unusual form of presentation of a spontaneous cervico-thoracic epidural hematoma. Root pain is a symptom of great value for orientation of a syndrome which would otherwise seem to be of central origin. The explanation for this clinical finding may be compression of both lateral cord pathways due to their particular blood distribution. Regarding therapeutic approach, this should be conservative, with close observation to see whether it will resolve spontaneously in a short period of time

Keywords Myelopathy Sensory-motor syndrome Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma

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