Spinal cord compression due to extramedullary hematopoiesis is a well-known complication in a number of hematological diseases. Most of the patients present with progressive paraparesis due to the slow expansion of the extramedullary hematopoietic tissue. The authors report a case of chronic myeloproliferative disorder with spinal extramedullary hematopoiesis presenting with acute paraplegia. C...

Acute paraplegia is a rare presentation for a spinal cord ependymoma. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to spinal ependymoma is also very rare. We report a 32-year-old woman who presented with acute paraplegia and typical clinical signs of SAH with normal cerebral angiography, and further diagnostic work-up revealed an spinal cord ependymoma as the source of the hemorrhage. There is evidence th...

Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) are the most common type of spinal vascular malformations. However, SDAVFs are still underdiagnosed entities because their clinical symptoms are usually non-specific, as they include low back pain or radiating pain to the limb. There have been several reports of acute paraplegia after lumbar epidural steroid injections in patients with SDAVFs. We pre...

Postoperative paraplegia complicating with type A dissection is extremely rare. We describe a case of acute paraplegia after emergency graft replacement of the ascending aorta for type A dissection. A 63 year-old hypertensive man presented to hospital with chest pain. A chest computed tomography demonstrated an aortic dissection of the ascending aorta with mild pericardial effusion. Under deep ...

We report a 44-year-old man suffering complete paraplegia due to paraspinal and epidural abscess, following chiropractic therapy for severe back pain and whose diagnosis was delayed. He received an immediate laminectomy from T3 through T6 to decompress the full extent of the abscess and appropriate antibiotic therapy for 4 weeks postoperatively for the identified microorganism (Staphylococcus a...

BACKGROUND Paraplegia associated with epidural anesthesia or caused by intramedullary spinal tuberculoma is rare but catastrophic. We present a case of paraplegia following epidural anesthesia in a patient with an undiagnosed intramedullary spinal tuberculoma. CASE PRESENTATION A 42-year-old man developed paraplegia after an open cholecystectomy under epidural anesthesia. Spinal cord infarcti...

Paraplegia following spinal injury is a rare complication subsequent to the administration of intrathecal chemotherapy; however, it is also one of the rare clinical features of central nervous system leukemia (CNSL). Distinguishing between the two is extremely important. The present study reports the case of a 46-year-old man who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and subsequently ...

Spontaneous non-traumatic spinal hematomyelia, characterized by intramedullary hematoma, is a rare neurological emergency. Bleeding arteriovenous malformation, coagulopathies, and neoplasms are reported causes of this diagnosis. The authors present case previously healthy man who presented with acute paraplegia was found to have spontaneous hematomyelia in association covid infection. He underw...