Author/Authors :
Motamedi، Maryam نويسنده Department of Emergency Medicine, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Baratloo، Alireza نويسنده Department of Emergency Medicine, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Majidi، Alireza نويسنده Department of Emergency Medicine, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Rahmati، Farhad نويسنده , , SHAHRAMI، Ali نويسنده 4. Assistant Professor of Pediatric Emergency, Pediatric Department, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Ir ,
Abstract :
Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSHE) is a rare entity can have several reasons. Its prevalence in population is 0.1 per 100,000 with the male to female ratio of 1/4:1. For the first time Jackson in 1869 reported a case of SSHE and after that it was declared as several hundred cases in literatures. Here, a case of SSHE was reported in a 52 year-old male referred to emergency department following severe low back pain.