Abstract
A 73-year-old female treated with clopidogrel for vascular disease presented with sudden onset of back pain, urinary retention and paraplegia. MRI scans demonstrated a thoracolumbar epidural hematoma and the patient underwent emergency laminectomy for evacuation of the hematoma. A possible causal link between clopidogrel and occurrence of the hemorrhage is discussed and the literature on spontaneous spinal hematomas is reviewed.
Zusammenfassung
Diese 73-jährige Frau, die wegen einer Gefäßerkrankung mit Clopidogrel behandelt wurde, stellte sich mit plötzlich auftretendem Rückenschmerz, Harnverhalt und Paraplegie der Beine vor. MRT-Aufnahmen zeigten ein thorakolumbales Epiduralhämatom, das über eine Laminektomie dringend ausgeräumt wurde. Eine kausale Beziehung zwischen der Einnahme von Clopidogrel und dem Auftreten des spinalen Epiduralhämatoms wird im Kontext der Literatur diskutiert.
Key words
clopidogrel - epidural - hematoma - spinal
Schlüsselwörter
Clopidogrel - epidural - Hämatom - spinal
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