Thunderclap headache caused by minimally invasive medical procedures: description of 2 cases.
We report 2 very unusual cases of thunderclap headache complicating minimally invasive medical procedures. In the first case headache developed as the consequence of a pneumocephalus caused by an inadvertent intrathecal puncture during oxygen-ozone therapy for lumbar disk herniation. The second case involved intracranial hypotension, caused by the persistence of the needle, used for epidural anesthesia, and then penetrated in the subarachnoid space.
Devetag Chalaupka
Flavio
F
Caneve
Giorgio
G
Mauri
Michela
M
Zaiotti
Giuseppe
G
D000328:Adult; D051270:Headache Disorders, Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007268:Injections, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects; D007278:Injections, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000628:therapy; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology