title: Pneumocephalus after a lumbar epidural steroid injection.
abstract: Lumbar epidural steroid injections are a routine therapeutic procedure provided by pain management physicians. Despite a known low morbidity, significant acute events can occur. We report a patient who developed symptoms mimicking a stroke after an epidural injection, and provide an evaluation and assessment of this patient plus other rare complications that occur with epidural injections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Center, Washington University School of Medicine, 969 N. Mason Road, Suite 240, St. Louis, MO 63141, USA. gaurinoa@msnotes.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Anthony H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Guarino
authors.forename: Neill M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Wright