Open AccessArm Pain as an Unusual Presentation of Postdural Puncture Intracranial Hypotension
Author(s) -
J Schabel,
Edward D. Wang,
Peter S. A. Glass
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1097/00000539-200010000-00025
Subject(s) - medicine , intracranial hypotension , complication , anesthesia , presentation (obstetrics) , epidural blood patch , surgery , case presentation , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology
We report a case of a patient experiencing severe arm pain after dural puncture. This complication has not been reported previously. The patient was successfully treated with an epidural patch.