Ipsilateral thoraco-lumbar anaesthesia and paravertebral spread after low thoracic paravertebral injection.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report ipsilateral thoraco-lumbar anaesthesia and paravertebral spread of contrast after injection through a thoracic paravertebral catheter that was placed at the right T8-9 spinal level for pain management in a patient with multiple fractured ribs. We review the literature and describe the subendothoracic fascial communication between the thoracic paravertebral space and the retroperitoneal lumbar paravertebral region, which we propose, is the anatomical basis for ipsilateral thoraco-lumbar anaesthesia and paravertebral spread of contrast in our patient.
Medical subject headings
- Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
- Nerve Block