Lumbar ependymoma presenting with paraplegia following attempted spinal anaesthesia
| Autor: | Madjid Samii, A Schmidt, U. Blömer, E Rickels, Matthias Jaeger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Ependymoma medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Neurological disorder Anesthesia Spinal Laminotomy Central nervous system disease Lumbar Pregnancy medicine Anesthesia Obstetrical Humans Paraplegia Spinal Neoplasms business.industry Spinal anesthesia medicine.disease Surgery Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Anesthesia Female Complication business Pregnancy Complications Neoplastic |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Anaesthesia. 88:438-440 |
| ISSN: | 0007-0912 |
| Popis: | Neurological deterioration from intraspinal haematoma following insertion of a spinal needle is extremely rare. We present the case of a 28-yr-old female, who presented with complete paraplegia following attempted spinal anaesthesia for delivery of her third child. Space-occupying iatrogenic spinal haemorrhage from a previously undiagnosed lumbar ependymoma was found to be the precipitating cause. Following laminotomy with blood clot and tumour removal her neurological function improved. |
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