title: Persistent postpartum headache from a chronic subdural hematoma after peridural anesthesia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Postpartum headache after peridural anesthesia is usually attributed to accidental perforation of the dura causing postlumbar puncture headache.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a patient with persistent headache after peridural anesthesia for labor, a chronic subdural hematoma was diagnosed 5 weeks postpartum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Caution is warranted in patients with peridural anesthesia for labor who present with unusually persistent headache.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Faculty for Clinical Medicine of the University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. johannes.woitzik@nch.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woitzik
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tuettenberg
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy