title: Severe back pain following epidural analgesia in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia: a report of two cases.
abstract: Two patients with spinocerebellar ataxia received epidural analgesia with no exacerbation of their symptoms. The patients developed transient, but extremely severe, low back pain as a result of the epidural analgesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan. ryoiida@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Jitsu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Setsuro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020754:Spinocerebellar Ataxias / Q000188:drug therapy*