title: Thoracic epidural blood patch with high volume blood for cerebrospinal fluid leakage of cervical spine (C2-3) complicated with spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
abstract: Acute and chronic subdural hemorrhage in a 33 year old woman with severe headache from occipital to frontal regions and dull neck pain was diagnosed on magnetic resonance image, which revealed cerebrospinal fluid leakage at C2-3 with spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Successful treatment was performed by epidural blood patch from the level of T7-T8 with injection of 20 mL of autologous blood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Shan
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Da-Tong
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tai-Hsiang
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Hsuan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chen-Hwan
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cherng
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: aneswu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Zhi-Fu
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural; D065634:Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: cerebrospinal fluid leakage; epidural blood patch; spontaneous intracranial hypotension