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Query: UMLS:C0018991 (
hemiplegia
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A case of an acute intracranial subdural haematoma occurring shortly after spinal anaesthesia is reported. A 67 year old poorly controlled hypertensive man,
ASA
II, underwent removal of a prostatic adenoma under spinal anaesthesia. He complained of postural headache on the third day after surgery. Unresponsive to the usual analgesics, his headache became severe, persistent and non postural on the fifth day. Twenty-four hours later, he suddenly presented with a left
hemiplegia
and became comatose. Computed axial tomography showed a large left-sided subdural haematoma, lying over the left hemisphere. During the immediate surgical removal, a pulsatile arterial bleeding originating from a small cortical artery was discovered, and stopped. The patient slowly recovered consciousness, but the
hemiplegia
remained. He finally died six months later of bronchopneumonia. The link between the haematoma and the spinal anaesthetic is not proven; the possible relationship between the two is discussed.
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PMID:[Acute intracranial subdural hematoma of arterial origin after spinal anesthesia]. 273 74
