We report a patient who developed paraplegia caused by a spinal epidural hematoma after removal of an epidural catheter,\nwhich resolved spontaneously. A 60-year-old woman underwent thoracoscopic partial resection of the left lung under general\nanesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia. She neither was coagulopathic nor had received anticoagulants. Paraplegia occurred\n40 minutes after removal of the epidural catheter on the first postoperative day. Magnetic resonance images revealed a spinal\nepidural hematoma. Surgery was not required as the paraplegia gradually improved until, within 1 hour, it had completely resolved.\nHypoesthesia had completely resolved by the third postoperative day.
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