A 65-year-old man presented to the ED with 1 day of acute onset mid-thoracic and low back pain, difficulty ambulating and ...

Paraplegia 1995; 33: 636–9. MEDLINE 9. Galzio RJ, Zenobii M, D'Ecclesia G: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma: report of a case with complete recovery. Surg Neurol 1980; 14: 263–5.

If a fracture is bad enough, it can result in something called an epidural hematoma where blood compresses the spinal cord.

Medically reviewed by Sameena Zahoor, MDMedically reviewed by Sameena Zahoor, MD The meninges of the brain and spinal cord are ... and bleeding (as in cerebral hematoma or hemorrhage), can lead ...