Differentiating the headache of cerebral venous thrombosis from post-dural puncture: A headache for anaesthesiologists

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare complication of lumbar puncture. Occasionally, the clinical picture of CVT may mimic post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) resulting in delayed diagnosis. A case of PDPH progressing to CVT is presented and the pathophysiology, diagnostic challenges and manage...

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Autores principales: Sherfudeen, Khaja Mohideen, Ramasamy, Gurumoorthi, Kaliannan, Senthil Kumar, Dammalapati, Pavan Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212724
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.181609
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description Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare complication of lumbar puncture. Occasionally, the clinical picture of CVT may mimic post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) resulting in delayed diagnosis. A case of PDPH progressing to CVT is presented and the pathophysiology, diagnostic challenges and management options discussed in this article.
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spelling pubmed-48709502016-05-20 Differentiating the headache of cerebral venous thrombosis from post-dural puncture: A headache for anaesthesiologists Sherfudeen, Khaja Mohideen Ramasamy, Gurumoorthi Kaliannan, Senthil Kumar Dammalapati, Pavan Kumar Indian J Anaesth Case Report Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare complication of lumbar puncture. Occasionally, the clinical picture of CVT may mimic post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) resulting in delayed diagnosis. A case of PDPH progressing to CVT is presented and the pathophysiology, diagnostic challenges and management options discussed in this article. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4870950/ /pubmed/27212724 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.181609 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Differentiating the headache of cerebral venous thrombosis from post-dural puncture: A headache for anaesthesiologists
title_full Differentiating the headache of cerebral venous thrombosis from post-dural puncture: A headache for anaesthesiologists
title_fullStr Differentiating the headache of cerebral venous thrombosis from post-dural puncture: A headache for anaesthesiologists
title_full_unstemmed Differentiating the headache of cerebral venous thrombosis from post-dural puncture: A headache for anaesthesiologists
title_short Differentiating the headache of cerebral venous thrombosis from post-dural puncture: A headache for anaesthesiologists
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