Neurosurgery · 1990 · 220 citations · 0 references
MedicineHematologyNeurologyHematopathologyNeurological Critical CareSpinal Cord Injury RehabilitationEpidural AnesthesiaEpidural HematomaPlatelet DisordersSpinal Cord DisordersSpinal Cord InjurySpinal Cord PathologyAcute Epidural HematomaAcute ParaplegiaEpidural ComplicationsGeriatric Epidural HematomaSpinal Cord Compression ManagementSpinal Epidural Hematoma
Abstract The authors report a case of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma causing paraplegia secondary to a qualitative platelet disorder from excessive garlic ingestion. The case also demonstrates satisfactory recovery from thoracic spinal epidural hematoma in a nonagenarian. Recovery from severe spinal cord compression can occur even in the very elderly.