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Case Reports
. 2004 Sep;93(3):461-4.
doi: 10.1093/bja/aeh198. Epub 2004 Jun 25.

Postpartum post-dural puncture headache: is your differential diagnosis complete?

C P Bleeker  1 , I M Hendriks, L H D J Booij
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Postpartum post-dural puncture headache: is your differential diagnosis complete?

C P Bleeker et al. Br J Anaesth. 2004 Sep.
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Abstract

We describe a patient with an intracerebral haemorrhage following an accidental dural puncture during an attempted epidural for pain relief in labour. Anaesthetists need to include intracerebral haemorrhage in the differential diagnosis of post-dural puncture headache in the puerperium.

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