Rose K D, Croissant P D, Parliament C F, Levin M B
Department of Surgery, Pontiac General Hospital, Michigan.
Neurosurgery. 1990 May;26(5):880-2. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199005000-00026.
The authors report a case of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma causing paraplegia secondary to a qualitative platelet disorder from excessive garlic ingestion. The case also demonstrates satisfactory recovery from thoracic spinal epidural hematoma in a nonagenarian. Recovery from severe spinal cord compression can occur even in the very elderly.
作者报告了一例因过量摄入大蒜导致血小板质量异常而引发自发性脊髓硬膜外血肿并继发截瘫的病例。该病例还显示了一位九旬老人从胸段脊髓硬膜外血肿中令人满意地康复。即使是非常高龄的患者,严重脊髓压迫也可能康复。