RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute hemiparesis
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 316
OP 319
DO 10.17712/nsj.2020.4.20200027
VO 25
IS 4
A1 Da-Wei Huang
A1 Jui-Ming Sun
A1 Yu-Hao Chen
A1 Kuo-Chang Huang
YR 2020
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/25/4/316.abstract
AB Acute hemiparesis is an extremely rare presentation of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma, which may be misdiagnosed as acute ischemic stroke and improperly treated with an intravenous thrombolytic agent. Here, we report a case of a 54-year-old woman who presented with acute neck pain and right-sided weakness. She was initially suspected of having ischemic stroke and therefore treated with an intravenous thrombolytic agent. However, she developed progressive tetraparesis, and subsequent magnetic resonance images confirmed cervical spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma.