Intraventricular Hemorrhage after Epidural Blood Patching: An Unusual Complication

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(a) Noncontrast axial computed tomography scan of the head done on postoperative day 5 showing some postoperative changes after a left frontotemporal craniotomy for resection of the patient’s recurrent planum sphenoidale meningioma. The scan did not show any intraventricular hemorrhage; however, it showed unilateral enlargement of the left lateral ventricle. (b) Noncontrast axial computed tomography scan of the head done one day after the epidural blood patch showing a new-onset hemorrhage layering the occipital horns of both lateral ventricles. (c) Noncontrast axial head computed tomography scan done two weeks later showing complete resolution of the intraventricular hemorrhage.

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