Postpartum Headache and Convulsions as Complications of Dural Puncture: A Case Report and Review of Intracranial Hypotension

Abstract

We report the case of a 30-year-old female patient, G2P1001, presenting initially with headache, followed by tonic-clonic seizures tonic-clonic seizures on postoperative day 5 of an elective caesarean section indicated for transverse position, and performed after epidural anaesthesia. A cerebral revealed engorgement of the sagittal venous plexuses, and suggested the diagnosis ofthe diagnosis of intracranial hypotension. Management was multidisciplinary, including anti-epileptic treatment, analgesics and an epidural blood patch, leading to a favourable outcome.