title: Postpartum spinal subdural hematoma: irrelevant epidural blood patch: a case report.
abstract: We report a healthy patient with postpartum headache and neck stiffness which were diagnosed as symptoms of pseudoaneurysm of vertebral artery. She had received a Cesarean section under the spinal anesthesia, and complaint of headache and neck stiffness. Epidural blood patches were done twice, but symptoms persisted. Eight days later, she experienced sensory disturbance and emergent laminectomy was done. When persistent postpartum headache occurs after epidural blood patch, more precise differential diagnosis should be made and considering other possible pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Won Joo
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7564-9451
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Yeon
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4686-5638
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeok Jae
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Hyun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9466-8399
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Tae
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Jang Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Epidural blood patch; Postdural puncture headache; Postpartum headache; Pseudoaneurysm; Spinal subdural hematoma