J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1982 Sep;11(3):347-351.

A Case of Spontaneous Hematomyelia

• Park SG
• Rha KB
• Jung CK
• Cho TH
• Choi US

Abstract

This is a report of 23 year old soldier who developed sudden onset of flaccid paraplegia and loss of all sensory modalited below the level of T4. The clinical entities of hematomyelia were sudden onset of pain, repidly developing pyramidal signs and paraplegia. The mainly involving sites of this disease were cervical and thoracic regions. The causative factors were hemorrhagic diasthesis, vascular malformation and inflammatory process as well as trauma and neoplasms affecting the spinal cord. We experienced a case of hematomyelia which did not combine with vascular anomaly, inflammatory process, hemophilia or trauma history.

Keyword

Hematomyelia; Vascular malformation; Vascular neoplasm; Hemophilia

MeSH Terms

Hemophilia A
Humans
Military Personnel
Paraplegia
Spinal Cord
Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases*
Vascular Malformations
Vascular Neoplasms
Young Adult