Pneumocephalus after a lumbar epidural steroid injection.

Guarino, Anthony H; Wright, Neill M · Pain Physician · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Lumbar epidural steroid injections are a routine therapeutic procedure provided by pain management physicians. Despite a known low morbidity, significant acute events can occur. We report a patient who developed symptoms mimicking a stroke after an epidural injection, and provide an evaluation and assessment of this patient plus other rare complications that occur with epidural injections.

Anatomy