Lumbosacral Subdural Hematoma Following Minor Trauma

by Seamus F. Morris, Ashley R. Poynton, Turlough O'Donnell, and Damian McCormack

JBJS Case ConnectVolume os-86(8):1768-1771

August 1, 2004

©2004 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

T1-weighted sagittal turbo-spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging scan (repetition time, 600.0 ms; echo time [effective], 12.0 ms; matrix, 126 × 256), acquired thirty-six hours after the injury,

demonstrating the isointense hematoma extending from L4 to L5, a...

Seamus F. Morris et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004;os-86:1768-1771

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T2-weighted axial turbo-spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging scan (repetition time, 5000.0 ms; echo time [effective], 120.0 ms; matrix, 240 × 512), acquired thirty-six hours after the injury,

showing the junction between the cephalad border of the L5 verteb...

Seamus F. Morris et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004;os-86:1768-1771

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T1-weighted axial spin-echo gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging scan (repetition time, 722.0 ms; echo time, 15.0/1 ms; matrix, 128 × 256), acquired forty-eight hours after the

injury, showing the middle of the L5 level.

Seamus F. Morris et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004;os-86:1768-1771

©2004 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

T2-weighted axial turbo-spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging scan (repetition time, 5000.0 ms; echo time [effective], 120 ms; matrix, 240 × 512), acquired forty-five days after the injury,

showing complete resorption of the hematoma at the L5 level.

Seamus F. Morris et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004;os-86:1768-1771

©2004 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.