• J Clin Anesth · Feb 2002

    Case Reports

    Epidural blood patch in a patient with an arachnoid cyst.

    • Robert R Gaiser, Donald L Mauney, and Steven G Imbesi.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
    • J Clin Anesth. 2002 Feb 1;14(1):42-5.

    AbstractArachnoid cysts are relatively common occurrences, with the majority being asymptomatic. The safety of an epidural blood patch in a patient with an arachnoid cyst has not been reported. Our patient had a known thoracic arachnoid cyst and required epidural blood patch for a postdural puncture headache. Magnetic resonance imaging obtained following the epidural blood patch demonstrated no alterations of the cyst or spinal cord compression.

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