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Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction due to a Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma Without Paraplegia: A Case Report.

Akihiro IidaMasataka MiuraSatoshi MakiTakeo FuruyaSeiji Ohtori
Published in: JBJS case connector (2022)
SSEH is rare and causes acute neck or back pain and progressive paralysis. Patients with advanced myelopathy due to spinal cord compression lesion including SSEH often present with bladder and bowel disorders after exacerbation of quadriplegia. However, SSEH can cause predominant bladder and bowel disorders without paraplegia or quadriplegia. Physicians should consider that there can be a manifestation of myelopathy with bladder and bowel dysfunction without quadriplegia.
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