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Intraventricular Hemorrhage after Epidural Blood Patching: An Unusual Complication
Joint Authors
Krisht, Khaled M.
Sorour, Mohammad
Couldwell, William T.
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-12-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The authors present two cases of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) believed to be a result of epidural blood patching.
The first was a 71-year-old woman who had new onset of nontraumatic IVH on computed tomography (CT) scan after undergoing an epidural blood patch (EBP).
This amount of intraventricular blood was deemed an incidental finding since it was of very small volume to account for her overall symptoms.
The second patient, a 29-year-old woman, was found to have nontraumatic IVH three days after undergoing an EBP.
This was seen on CT scan of the head for workup of pressure-like headaches, nausea, vomiting, and absence seizures.
Conservative management was followed in both instances.
Serial CT scan of the head in our first patient displayed complete resolution of her IVH.
The second patient did not have follow-up CT scans because her overall clinical picture had improved significantly.
This highlights a potential sequel of EBP that may be observed on CT scan of the head.
In the event that IVH is detected, signs and symptoms of hydrocephalus should be closely monitored with the consideration for a future workup if warranted by the clinical picture.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sorour, Mohammad& Krisht, Khaled M.& Couldwell, William T.. 2014. Intraventricular Hemorrhage after Epidural Blood Patching: An Unusual Complication. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017294
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sorour, Mohammad…[et al.]. Intraventricular Hemorrhage after Epidural Blood Patching: An Unusual Complication. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017294
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sorour, Mohammad& Krisht, Khaled M.& Couldwell, William T.. Intraventricular Hemorrhage after Epidural Blood Patching: An Unusual Complication. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017294
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1017294