Repetitive hearing loss following dural puncture treated with autologous epidural blood patch.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of repetitive hearing loss following an otherwise uncomplicated diagnostic dural puncture is presented. The patient developed severe postdural puncture headache (PDPH) and three episodes of pronounced vestibulocochlear disturbances within five weeks after only one dural puncture. On all three occasions the headache and the associated symptoms were treated with an autologous epidural blood patch (AEBP) resulting in the immediate disappearance of all the subjective complaints of postdural puncture headache and the normalization of an audiological test within minutes.
Medical subject headings
- Blood Patch, Epidural
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
- Spinal Puncture