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Development of collateral circulation belongs among the typical signs of aortic coarctation. Cerebral or spinal artery aneurysm formation with increased risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage represent the most common neurovascular complication of this disease. We report a case of a 20-year-old sportsman who developed acute non-traumatic paraplegia as a result of extensive spinal epidural hemorrhage from collateral vessels accompanying aortic coarctation which was unrecognized up to that time. To the best of our knowledge, acute spinal epidural hematoma as a complication of aortic coarctation has not been previously reported.
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Žižka, J., Eliáš, P., Michl, A. et al. Extensive spinal epidural hematoma: a rare complication of aortic coarctation. Eur Radiol 11, 1254–1258 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300000732
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300000732