Thoracic spinal epidural hematoma misdiagnosed as conversion paralysis: A case report
Tadatsugu Morimoto1, Hirohito Hirata1, Takuya Nikaido2
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Saga University Saga Japan.
Clinical Case Reports
|January 31, 2024
Abstract:
A woman with a history of psychiatric hospitalization was misdiagnosed with conversion paralysis despite lower extremity paralysis due to a thoracic epidural hematoma, leaving her with severe neurological deficits. Conversion paralysis is a diagnosis of exclusion and should never be made unless all possible organic causes have been ruled out.
