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Two cases of pneumocephalus are described, one after epidural anaesthesia and one after a steroid injection in the lumbar spine.
The first case was a 28-year-old woman who presented with a severe headache, numbness in the upper extremities, photophobia and vomiting 3 days post partum from a vaginal delivery and an epidural anaesthesia. The second case was a 37-year-old-man who had recently been treated in a local pain clinic with lumbar steroid injections and who presented 24 h …
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Competing interests: None.
Patient consent: Content was obtained to publish the details of these two cases.
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