• Anaesth Intensive Care · Sep 2010

    Case Reports

    Acute subdural haematoma in the presence of an intrathecal catheter placed for the prevention of post-dural puncture headache.

    • S Sharma, R Halliwell, M Dexter, Y Mudaliar, and K Yee.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. dr_sanjaysharma@hotmail.com
    • Anaesth Intensive Care. 2010 Sep 1;38(5):939-41.

    AbstractA 31-year-old term primigravid woman had an intrathecal catheter placed following a dural puncture during attempted epidural analgesia during labour. After 23 hours she developed sudden loss of consciousness and an urgent brain computed tomography scan demonstrated a large left hyper-acute subdural haematoma. Craniotomy revealed active bleeding from a ruptured left temporal bridging vein. She was extubated 12 hours after surgery and was discharged home 11 days later without neurological deficit. Although subdural haematoma is a recognised complication of dural puncture, it has not been reported in the presence of an intrathecal catheter. An intrathecal catheter may not always prevent cerebrospinal fluid efflux, so subdural haematoma remains a potential complication of inadvertent dural puncture.

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