Acute cervical epidural hematoma: case report
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Acute cervical epidural hematoma: case report.
A 74 year-old patient with a nocturnal onset of neck and chest pain was brought to an emergency clinic. Physical examination and cardiac assessment were normal. Three hours after the addmittance, a flaccid paralysis of the four limbs supervened. Suspecting of an unusual onset of central nervous system infection, a lumbar puncture was performed, yielding 20 ml of normal cerebrospinal fluid. Thir...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000400021