J Korean Pain Soc.
1996 Jun;9(1):251-255.
Headache and Pneumocephalus after Lumbar Epidural Block: A case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Chunan, Korea.
Abstract
- Headache after epidural block is the most frequent result of an unintentional dural puncture. This form of headache is usually caused by cerebrospinal fluid leakage through the dural puncture site. Another proposed cause of postdural puncture headache is the unintentional injection of air into the subarachnoid space. We experienced a case of severe headache with a patient after lumbar epidural block and discovered air in the intracranial subarachnoid space (pneumocephalus) with the aid of brain computerized tomography.
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