Lumbar chronic subdural hematoma mimicking an intradural extramedullary tumor: A case report
Open Access
- 1 January 2017
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Scholar in Surgical Neurology International
- Vol. 8 (1), 231
- https://doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_262_17
Abstract
Chronic spinal subdural hematomas are extremely rare with only 28 cases reported in the literature. Nevertheless, they should be considered among the differential diagnoses for spinal intradural/extramedullary lesions. A 65-year-old male presented with progressive back pain and right S1 radiculopathy. Magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed a right-sided posterolateral intradural/extramedullary lesion at the L5–S1 level. It was hyperintense on T1 and hypointense on T2-weighted images; on the short TI inversion recovery sequence it was hyperintense. The lesion was excised through a right L5 hemilaminectomy, and the patient was neurologically intact postoperatively. Histopathology revealed a chronic subdural hematoma. Chronic spinal subdural hematoma can mimic intradural extramedullary spinal tumors even in the absence of trauma and/or coagulopathies.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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