A case of acute spinal intradural hematoma due to spinal anesthesia

Abstract

Spinal intradural hematoma is a rare complication of diagnostic lumbar puncture or spinal anesthesia. This complication could be overlooked with devastating neurological consequences due to a delay in diagnosis. Here, we reported a case of a patient with a lumbar spinal intradural hematoma as a result of a difficult spinal anesthesia.

Keywords

• Spinal anesthesia
• Subarachnoid hematoma
• Intradural hematoma
• Spinal hematoma
• Non-traumatic spinal hematoma