Acute subdural hematoma following spinal cerebrospinal fluid drainage in a patient with freezing of gait.
BACKGROUND
Headache is a common complication of lumbar puncture (LP). Although in most cases post-LP headaches are not severe and have a benign course, they can also be a manifestation of a potentially life-threatening complication such as subdural hematoma (SDH).


METHODS
We describe a patient in whom a massive SDH developed after LP and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage, which were performed during the diagnostic evaluation of freezing of gait.


CONCLUSIONS
SDH should not be excluded from the differential diagnosis of headache following LP, especially when there is a loss of CSF.
Kim
Han-Joon
HJ
Department of Neurology and Movement Disorder Center, CRC, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Cho
Yong-Jin
YJ
Cho
Joong-Yang
JY
Lee
Dong-Ha
DH
Hong
Keun-Sik
KS