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The importance of MRI findings for the diagnosis of nontraumatic lumbar subacute subdural haematomas

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Spinal subdural haematoma (SSH) is a rare cause of spinal cord or cauda equina compression which occurs mainly in patients with a bleeding diathesis. This report presents a case of subacute lumbar subdural haematoma demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. MRI appears to be more sensitive than myelography and CT.

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  1. Departments of Radiology and Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    P. J. Johnson, F. Hahn, J. McConnell, E. G. Graham & L. G. Leibrock

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Johnson, P.J., Hahn, F., McConnell, J. et al. The importance of MRI findings for the diagnosis of nontraumatic lumbar subacute subdural haematomas. Acta neurochir 113, 186–188 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01403207

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