title: Pneumocephalus following an epidural blood patch.
abstract: Pneumocephalus is a rare complication of epidural block. We report a case of pneumocephalus complicating an epidural blood patch performed 3 days after unintentional dural puncture. Pneumocephalus may occur during an epidural blood patch procedure, even if the epidural needle tip is within the epidural space.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. kawamata@sapmed.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omote
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toriyabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Namiki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed