RESUMEN

A 38-year-old male was initially admitted for left leg swelling. He was diagnosed as having deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the left leg and a pulmonary thromboembolism by contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) with delayed lower extremity CT. The DVT was treated by thrombolysis and a venous stent. Four hours later, he complained of severe back pain and a sensation of separation of his body and lower extremities; he experienced paraplegia early in the morning of the following day. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a spinal epidural hematoma between T11 and L2, which decompressed following surgery. We, therefore, report a case of a spinal epidural hematoma after thrombolysis in a case of DVT with a pulmonary thromboembolism.

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Hematoma Espinal Epidural/etiología , Embolia Pulmonar/etiología , Terapia Trombolítica , Trombosis de la Vena/complicaciones , Trombosis de la Vena/tratamiento farmacológico , Adulto , Medios de Contraste , Hematoma Espinal Epidural/diagnóstico , Humanos , Pierna/irrigación sanguínea , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Flebografía , Embolia Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X