title: Spinal anaesthesia and spina-bifida occulta.
abstract: We describe a patient with unexpected spina bifida who underwent spinal anaesthesia for trans-urethral resection of prostate and developed serious neurological signs. An unexpected spinal tumour was removed two weeks later. This report demonstrates that not all neurological problems associated with spinal anaesthesia should be blamed on the technique.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Loach
mesh_terms: D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011468:Prostatectomy; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis