Anesth Pain Med.  2007 Jul;2(3):169-171.

Multiple Metastatic Brain Tumor: Complicated with Post-dural Puncture Headache : A case report

• Lee SH
• Jang HS
• Lee JS
• Han OS
• Ryu WR

Abstract

Epidural blood patch is an effective management for treatment of severe post-dural puncture headache. Here we describe a case of a patient with hip fracture, who was complained regarded as having suspicious post-dural puncture headache after epidural anesthesia, but it failed to be treated with 4 times of epidural blood patch, and later was diagnosed with multiple metastatic brain tumor.

Keyword

epidural; blood; patch; multiple; metastatic; brain; tumor; post-dural; punture; headache

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia, Epidural
Blood Patch, Epidural
Brain Neoplasms*
Brain*
Headache
Hip
Humans
Post-Dural Puncture Headache*