Yang Tae Ki, Seo Hye Mee, Lee Chang Sub
Department of Neurosurgery, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Br J Neurosurg. 2012 Dec;26(6):915-6. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2012.697223. Epub 2012 Jul 17.
We report a case of non-traumatic spinal epidural haematoma in a female vocational diver after breath-hold diving. Sudden and repetitive atmospheric changes along diving may cause venous engorgement of the valveless spinal epidural veins. We suggest that repetitive barotrauma was the cause of the spinal epidural haematoma in this patient.
我们报告一例女性职业潜水员在屏气潜水后发生非创伤性脊柱硬膜外血肿的病例。潜水过程中突然且反复的气压变化可能导致无瓣膜的脊柱硬膜外静脉充血。我们认为反复的气压伤是该患者脊柱硬膜外血肿的病因。