Pneumocephalus after a lumbar epidural steroid injection.
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.
Guarino
Anthony H
AH
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
Wright
Neill M
NM