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A spinal subdural hematoma is a collection of blood in the intraspinal subdural space which is the potential space between the arachnoid mater and the dura mater of the meninges that envelop the spinal cord and the spinal nerve roots. The predominant location was the thoracic spine.
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Akhaddar, A. (2023). Spinal Subdural Hematomas. In: Atlas of Sciatica. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44984-0_70
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