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Cerebral venous thrombosis after epidural blood patch: coincidence or causal relation? A case report and review of the literature.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Jul 2008
Kueper M, Goericke S L, Kastrup O
Abstract excerpt
We report on a female patient who developed post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) after epidural analgesia for delivery. Treatment with epidural blood patch led to complete headache remission and the patient was discharged. Two days later the patient was readmitted with hemihypaesthesia and mild hemiparesis of the right side. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a small left parietal cortical haemorrhage probably...
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