Neurocysticercosis: a new differential in the diagnosis of postdural puncture headache.
Positional headache after spinal anesthesia is considered pathognomonic for postdural puncture headache. This report describes a patient who developed a positional headache after spinal anesthesia that was due to neurocysticercosis, a parasitic central nervous system infestation caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium.
Browne
Ingrid M
IM
*St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; and ‡University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Birnbach
David J
DJ
D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed