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Late recurrence of postdural puncture headache
D Sidebotham1, E Willoughby, S A Schug
1Department of Anaesthesia, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand.
Background And Objectives:
Postdural puncture headache can recur following an epidural blood patch but usually does so within the first week. However, a late recurrence was encountered in a 31-year-old woman with probable lupus vasculitis.
Methods:
The patient underwent a diagnostic lumbar puncture and suffered a postdural puncture headache. She was treated with an epidural blood patch and had complete resolution of her headache. Five weeks later, she suffered a sudden recurrence of an identical headache and underwent a repeat epidural blood patch.
Results:
The second headache, like the first, was immediately and completely resolved.
Conclusions:
A review of risk factors for postdural puncture headache and the role of an epidural blood patch suggests a possible explanation for the late recurrence in this case.
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