Sciatica due to chronic spontaneous lumbar epidural haematoma. Report of a case simulating a protruded disk syndrome
Delmas, M.; Senegas, J.; Longy, M.; Le Bras, M.; Moretti, G.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 57(3-4): 173-177
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 6261358 Document Number: 170030
A case of spontaneous chronic lumbar epidural hematoma, in a 70-year-old woman is reported. The clinical, roentgenographic and anatomic findings of this case and of six others found in the available literature are studied. This clinical entity occurs in elderly and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of protruded disk syndromes.