INTRACRANIAL SUBDURAL-HEMATOMA AFTER DELI VERY AND OBSTETRIC CATHETEREPIDURAL-ANESTHESIA

26 days past an obstetric catheter epidural anesthesia a subdural haem atoma right fronto-temporal was diagnosed and relieved by operation in a primipara of 19 years of age. Already several days after the delive ry the patient was suffering recurrent headaches, at first misinterpre ted as post-spinal headaches. Weeks later a cranial computer tomograph y lead to the right diagnosis. Although the occurence of a subdural ha ematoma after catheter epidural anesthesia is extremely rare, untypica l headaches following spinal, epidural or caudal procedures, should ca ll your attention towards this complication. Because of the pressing m echanisms during childbearing, delivering mothers run the risk of a su bdural haematoma.