Pneumocephalus in a Patient with No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Lumbar Epidural Block - A Case Report -

Several complications are possible after a lumbar epidural block. However pneumocephalus are rare. In this case, we report a case of pneumocephalus. A 68-year-old male patient received lumbar epidural block with the loss of resistance technique using air, and after 35 minutes, apnea, unconsciousness...

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Autores principales: Kim, Yeon Dong, Lee, Jae Hun, Cheong, Yong Kwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pain Society 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3468804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23091688
http://dx.doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2012.25.4.262
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description Several complications are possible after a lumbar epidural block. However pneumocephalus are rare. In this case, we report a case of pneumocephalus. A 68-year-old male patient received lumbar epidural block with the loss of resistance technique using air, and after 35 minutes, apnea, unconsciousness, hypotension, and bradycardia occurred. Immediately, brain CT was done, and we found pneumocephalus. The patient complained of severe occipital headache and itchiness due to pneumocehalus. After conservative treatment, the patient recovered without neurologic complications, and on the seventh day of his hospitalization, he was discharged from the hospital.
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spelling pubmed-34688042012-10-22 Pneumocephalus in a Patient with No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Lumbar Epidural Block - A Case Report - Kim, Yeon Dong Lee, Jae Hun Cheong, Yong Kwan Korean J Pain Case Report Several complications are possible after a lumbar epidural block. However pneumocephalus are rare. In this case, we report a case of pneumocephalus. A 68-year-old male patient received lumbar epidural block with the loss of resistance technique using air, and after 35 minutes, apnea, unconsciousness, hypotension, and bradycardia occurred. Immediately, brain CT was done, and we found pneumocephalus. The patient complained of severe occipital headache and itchiness due to pneumocehalus. After conservative treatment, the patient recovered without neurologic complications, and on the seventh day of his hospitalization, he was discharged from the hospital. The Korean Pain Society 2012-10 2012-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3468804/ /pubmed/23091688 http://dx.doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2012.25.4.262 Text en Copyright © The Korean Pain Society, 2012 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pneumocephalus in a Patient with No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Lumbar Epidural Block - A Case Report -
title Pneumocephalus in a Patient with No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Lumbar Epidural Block - A Case Report -
title_full Pneumocephalus in a Patient with No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Lumbar Epidural Block - A Case Report -
title_fullStr Pneumocephalus in a Patient with No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Lumbar Epidural Block - A Case Report -
title_full_unstemmed Pneumocephalus in a Patient with No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Lumbar Epidural Block - A Case Report -
title_short Pneumocephalus in a Patient with No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Lumbar Epidural Block - A Case Report -
title_sort pneumocephalus in a patient with no cerebrospinal fluid leakage after lumbar epidural block - a case report -
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3468804/
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