Focal myelomalacia and syrinx formation after spinal anaesthesia
Niraj Kumar1, Surya Prakash Patidar, Deepika Joshi
1Department of Neurology Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
|December 3, 2010
Abstract:
Spinal cord injury is an uncommon complication of post epidural lumbar anesthesia with acute and delayed progressive neurological complications described. Few cases of post spinal anaesthesia syrinx formation have been reported in literature. We report an interesting case of focal myelomalacia with syrinx formation occurring post lumbar anesthesia in a thity five year old female undergoing open cholecystectomy.
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