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Delayed onset of a spinal epidural hematoma after facet joint injection

Author(s) -

Mirko Velickovic,

Tobias M. Ballhause

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

sage open medical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2050-313X

DOI - 10.1177/2050313x16675258

Subject(s) - medicine , facet joint , spinal epidural hematoma , myelopathy , surgery , low back pain , facet (psychology) , epidural hematoma , hematoma , anesthesia , lumbar , back pain , spinal cord , chronic pain , infiltration (hvac) , physical therapy , pathology , psychology , social psychology , alternative medicine , personality , psychiatry , big five personality traits , physics , thermodynamics

The treatment of chronic back pain is a challenging problem. Facet joint infiltration is an established treatment for chronic low back pain caused by arthrosis of the lumbar facet joints. Due to the increasing number of patients with chronic low back pain, this therapy has become more frequent. We treated a 51-year-old male patient, who developed an epidural hematoma 2 months after infiltration therapy. Our case shows that even a delayed onset of spinal epidural hematoma is possible and should be kept in mind as a possible cause of acute myelopathy after spinal intervention

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