Spinal subdural hematoma

Iatrogenic Spinal Subdural Haematoma

“…Neck stiffness was described in 13 cases out of 54 in which clinical information was available, with fever noted in only three. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Myelography is the investigation most often used to establish the diagnosis, and is always abnormal, with the differential diagnosis including an extradural block or subdural epiarachnoid injection of dye. Lumbar puncture is often dry or bloody, and if CSF is obtained it is almost invariably bloodstained or X~~~~O C I U O~~C .~.~-~.~-~I Th e myelographic appearances may be suggestive of an extradural rather than an intradural l e~i o n .~.~.~, " .~~ Th ere are few reports on the use of CT scanning, but in these cases the lesion was always correctly shown intradurally.…”