Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma in an Older Woman on Warfarin
CASE PRESENTATION
An 86-year-old woman presented to the emergency department complaining of left-sided flank pain that had awoken her from sleep earlier that morning. She rated the pain severity as 6 on a scale of 1 to 10, with radiation to the left groin and no relief on position change. She had no hematuria, dysuria, fever, or chills. Past medical history included a stroke at age 83, with no residual deficits, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, depression, and pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome. Her medications were warfarin 5 mg daily, digoxin 0.25 mg daily, fosinopril 10 mg daily, ...



