Open AccessPseudomeningocele after Laminectomy: Case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Nicolle dos Santos Moraes Nunes,
Jacqueline Fernandes do Nascimento,
Juliana Cristina Ferreira Hasegawa,
Milena da Costa Araújo Pereira Andrade,
Karine Anauha da Silva Toneti,
Isabele de Mello Bentes Vaz,
Lucas Cruz Ferreira,
Marco Orsini,
Gilberto Canedo Martins,
Antônio Marcos da Silva Catharino
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the gazette of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-4374
DOI - 10.46766/thegms.neuro.20122406
Subject(s) - pseudomeningocele , laminectomy , medicine , surgery , lumbar , myelography , lumbar spine , spinal cord , complication , psychiatry
Pseudomeningoceles are rare complications of laminectomy surgery. Such clinical condition results from an inadvertent surgical dural rupture. We describe in the present study the report of a patient who developed iatrogenic pseudomeningocele in the lumbar region after performing a left laminectomy in L5 topography. After the neurological assessment of the patient, bilateral hypoaesthesia was observed, in addition to a floating bulging in the lumbar region that was accentuated during the valsalva maneuver, with the hypothesis of a pseudomeningocele.