2022
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac269.170
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982 Embolisation of Iatrogenic Lumbar Artery Bleed Causing Psoas Haematoma Following Elective Lumbar Puncture

Abstract: The case of a 59-year-old female patient presenting as a surgical emergency with abdominal pain and a positive Obraztsova's sign. Seven days prior to the presentation, she had attended her General Practice (GP) complaining of sudden onset severe occipital headache associated with photophobia, vertigo, and paraesthesia. Due to a family history of cerebral aneurysms, her GP urgently transferred her to an emergency department, where she was subsequently admitted under the acute medical team. A lumbar puncture (LP… Show more

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