Spontaneous spinal epidural hemorrhage following disseminated intravascular coagulation resulting in paraplegia: a case report

Abstract

SSEH is a rare cause of paraplegia. Early radiological diagnosis is crucial for timely neurosurgical management and saving patient from permanent neurological deficit or a fatal outcome.

“Acute onset tetraplegia associated with immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia and suspected secondary intraspinal hemorrhage in a dog”

“…Clinical signs in people include lower back pain, with or without a radiculopathy. Rarely, paraplegia or tetraplegia has been described, depending on the site and severity of spinal cord compression …”

“…Rarely, paraplegia or tetraplegia has been described, depending on the site and severity of spinal cord compression. 14 Intraspinal hemorrhage can be further categorized as spinal epidural hemorrhage, spinal subdural hemorrhage, spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage, and intramedullary hemorrhage. Extramedullary intraspinal hemorrhage has been reported to occur in dogs spontaneously or due to intervertebral disk herniation, coagulopathies, hemophilia, and snake envenomation.…”