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An acute spinal epidural hematoma after acupuncture combined with dyspnea, dysarthria, bradycardia and hypothermia—a case report
- Title
- An acute spinal epidural hematoma after acupuncture combined with dyspnea, dysarthria, bradycardia and hypothermia—a case report
- Authors
- Choi; Yunhyung; Yoon Hee
- Ewha Authors
- 최윤희
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 최윤희
- Issue Date
- 2024
- Journal Title
- Signa Vitae
- ISSN
- 1334-5605
- Citation
- Signa Vitae vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 102 - 104
- Keywords
- Acupuncture; Bradycar-dia; Dyspnea; Hypothermia; Spinal epidural hematoma; Spinal epidural hemorrhage; Sysarthria
- Publisher
- Pharmamed Mado Ltd
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Spinal epidural hemorrhage (EDH) after acupuncture is a rare disease and needs to be differentiated from stroke because it presents neurological deficits such as motor weakness. A 48-year-old patient taking anticoagulants developed posterior neck pain and progressive quadriplegia immediately after acupuncture. Upon arrival to the emergency room (ER), he complained of dyspnea, dysarthria, bradycardia, and hypothermia. Diffuse spinal EDH findings on spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were confirmed, and posterior decompression was performed emergently. The patient is currently recovering. Since dyspnea, dysarthria, bradycardia, and hypothermia complained of by this patient are not common symptoms of spinal cord injury, emergency medicine doctors should be careful not to miss the spinal cord injury through detailed history-taking and additional neurologic exam. © 2024 The Author(s).
- DOI
- 10.22514/sv.2024.020
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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