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Anaesth Intensive Care
; 36(6): 863-6, 2008 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19115658
ABSTRACT
Epidural catheters can cause a number of rare, serious complications. The following case report describes a patient who received continuous epidural analgesia following radical cystectomy for bladder cancer Fifty-three days after the cystectomy, the patient underwent emergency surgery for a metastasis at the vertebral level where the epidural catheter had been inserted. A metastasis at the site of an epidural catheter which may be a direct complication of epidural analgesia, is a previously unreported event. Local, anatomical and pathological factors which may have led to the patient developing a metastasis at the epidural site are discussed.
Subject(s)
Analgesia, Epidural/adverse effects , Carcinoma, Small Cell/secondary , Epidural Neoplasms/secondary , Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/pathology , Analgesia, Epidural/instrumentation , Back Pain/etiology , Carcinoma, Small Cell/complications , Carcinoma, Small Cell/surgery , Epidural Neoplasms/complications , Epidural Neoplasms/surgery , Fatal Outcome , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Middle Aged , Spine/pathology
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Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
; 12(2): 147-8, 1993 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8500485