Thoracic epidural blood patch with high volume blood for cerebrospinal fluid leakage of cervical spine (C2–3) complicated with spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Abstract

Acute and chronic subdural hemorrhage in a 33 year old woman with severe headache from occipital to frontal regions and dull neck pain was diagnosed on magnetic resonance image, which revealed cerebrospinal fluid leakage at C2–3 with spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Successful treatment was performed by epidural blood patch from the level of T7–T8 with injection of 20 mL of autologous blood.