[Cranial subdural haematoma after spinal anaesthesia treated by blood patch].
The authors report a case of subdural haematoma after spinal anaesthesia. A 36-year-old woman underwent phlebectomy under spinal anaesthesia. Two days later, she complains of severe headache without neurological signs, not responding to bed rest and analgesics. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a small acute subdural haematoma in the right parieto-occipital region. On the forth day, she was given a blood-patch, which improved rapidly the patient. Recovery was complete.
Tafer
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Service d'anesthésie-réanimation-I, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
Perrier
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V
Racioppi
L
L
Biais
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M
Quinart
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A
Revel
P
P
Sztark
F
F
D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging