title: Epidural blood patch in a patient with an arachnoid cyst.
abstract: Arachnoid cysts are relatively common occurrences, with the majority being asymptomatic. The safety of an epidural blood patch in a patient with an arachnoid cyst has not been reported. Our patient had a known thoracic arachnoid cyst and required epidural blood patch for a postdural puncture headache. Magnetic resonance imaging obtained following the epidural blood patch demonstrated no alterations of the cyst or spinal cord compression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Gaiser
authors.forename: Donald L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mauney
authors.forename: Steven G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Imbesi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009192:Myelography