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Diagnosis of vertebral canal haematoma by myelography and spiral computer tomography in a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator contraindicating magnetic resonance imaging
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* E-mail: jan.schumacher@kcl.ac.uk
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Editor—We report a case of a large vertebral canal haematoma (VCH) after the insertion of a thoracic epidural catheter in a 78-yr-old man. The patient presented for a laparoscopic sigmoid colon resection at Luebeck University Hospital, Germany. The patient had suffered a myocardial infarction in 2004 after which he received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. In addition, he was being treated for