The Korean Journal of Pain
- Volume 9 Issue 1
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- Pages.251-255
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- 1996
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- 2005-9159(pISSN)
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- 2093-0569(eISSN)
Headache and Pneumocephalus after Lumbar Epidural Block -A case report-
요부 경막외 차단후 발생한 두통 및 기뇌증 -증례 보고-
- Han, Chan-Soo (Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
- Yu, Jin-Sup (Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
- Kim, Il-Ho (Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
- Kim, Yu-Jae (Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
- Kim, Chun-Sook (Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
- Ahn, Ki-Rhyang (Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University)
- 한찬수 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 및 통증치료실) ;
- 유진섭 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 및 통증치료실) ;
- 김일호 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 및 통증치료실) ;
- 김유재 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 및 통증치료실) ;
- 김천숙 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 및 통증치료실) ;
- 안기량 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 및 통증치료실)
- Published : 1996.06.01
Abstract
Headache after epidural block is the most frequent result of an unintentional dural puncture. This form of headache is usually caused by cerebrospinal fluid leakage through the dural puncture site. Another proposed cause of postdural puncture headache is the unintentional injection of air into the subarachnoid space. We experienced a case of severe headache with a patient after lumbar epidural block and discovered air in the intracranial subarachnoid space(pneumocephalus) with the aid of brain computerized tomography.