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- Title
Pneumocephalus: A Rare Complication of Epidural Catheter Placement During Epidural Blood Patch.
- Authors
Ferrante, Enrico; Rubino, Fabio; Porrinis, Lara
- Abstract
The article presents a study of a 34-year-old woman with spontaneous intracranial hypotension who developed severe headache with vomiting. She underwent computed tomography (CT) scan which showed a significant air reduction, and she was discharged asymptomatic. The patient was diagnosed with pneumocephalus, a rare consequence of unintentional dural puncture.
- Subjects
HEADACHE risk factors; CATHETERS; TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; EPIDURAL blood patch; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Headache: The Journal of Head & Face Pain, 2014, Vol 54, Issue 3, p539
- ISSN
0017-8748
- Publication type
Other
- DOI
10.1111/head.12235