Neurological complaints after unsuccessful spinal anaesthesia as a manifestation of incipient syringomyelia.
The medical literature sometimes reports neurological complications after spinal or epidural anaesthesia. In a few cases, the onset of symptoms can be a sign of a pre-existing disease without a primary connection with regional anaesthesia. In the following case report, the patient complained of paraesthesias in both legs after a failed spinal anaesthesia, even though the needle had been placed intrathecally. Only neurological examination and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging revealed the presence of syringomyelia.
Adler
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Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Germany.
Lenz
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D000368:Aged; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology