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We report the case of a 68-year-old patient with a traumatic spinal subdural hematoma. MRI demonstrated an area of abnormal intensity and a black line in the inner part of the intradural space. We anti-cipate that MRI will help to make one more confident in the preoper-ative diagnosis of spinal subdural hematoma. The symptoms complet-ely disappeared immediately after the operation. Spinal subdural he-matoma requires immediate surgical evacuation. The prognosis for func-tional recovery is good if the condi-tion is appropriately diagnosed and treated before development of irre-versible paralysis. We recom-mend MRI to make an early diagnos-is and early evacuation of spinal subdural hematoma.
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Shimada, Y., Sato, K., Abe, E. et al. Spinal subdural hematoma. Skeletal Radiol 25, 477–480 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050118
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