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We describe the clinical manifestations, radiographic features, and management options of an extensive spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in a 7-month boy who had severe hemophilia that had not been previously diagnosed, despite a baseline factor VIII level less than 1% of normal. We believe this to be the youngest reported case of a symptomatic spontaneous spinal epidural hemorrhage in an infant subsequently initially establishing a diagnosis of hemophilia.
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Kalina, P., Morris, J. & Raffel, C. Spinal epidural hematoma in an infant as the initial presentation of severe hemophilia. Emerg Radiol 15, 281–284 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-007-0667-0
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