Meningitis complicated with sinus venous thrombosis and intracranial hemorrhage in a patient who received bupivacaine spinal anesthesia
Mekonnen, D.; Bane, A.
Ethiopian Medical Journal 46(3): 277-280
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0014-1755 PMID: 19271393 Document Number: 13526
We report a 26 year old male patient who developed meningitis with cerebral venous thrombosis and multiple intracranial hemorrhages following spinal anesthesia. He received 15 mg of bupivacaine at L3-L4 level for diagnostic arthroscopy of a right knee joint at the major operation theatre.
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