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. 2014 Jan;30(1):112-4.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.125723.

Transient compressive lumbar radiculopathy following post-epidural blood patch

Deepak Gupta  1 , Hassan Amhaz  1 , Ashish Mazumdar  1 , Vitaly Soskin  1
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Transient compressive lumbar radiculopathy following post-epidural blood patch

Deepak Gupta et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Jan.
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T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: Axial image (image on the left side) at second lumbar vertebral body (L2) and sagittal image (image on the right side) of the lumbosacral spine demonstrating diffuse, but mild thecal compression secondary to the collection in the posterior epidural space; limits of this epidural space collection (inhomogeneous foci representing blood-mixed cerebrospinal fluid) is marked by (←) in axial image for its side-to-side extent and by (←) in sagittal image for its posterior extent. Incidental finding of transitional fifth lumbar vertebra marked as L5
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