Ethiopian medical journal
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Ethiopian medical journal · Jul 2008
Case ReportsMeningitis complicated with sinus venous thrombosis and intracranial hemorrhage in a patient who received bupivacaine spinal anesthesia.
We report a 26 year old male patient who developed meningitis with cerebral venous thrombosis and multiple intracranial hemorrhages following spinal anesthesia. He received 15 mg of bupivacaine at L3-L4 level for diagnostic arthroscopy of a right knee joint at the major operation theatre.