A 16-year-old boy was in his usual state of good health until 2 weeks before admission when a tingling sensation over both knees developed and several episodes of falling occurred because of leg weakness. He had not noted symptoms in his upper extremities but did have difficulty with urination and erections. Physical examination was significant for hyperactive reflexes in both the upper and low...

Epidural anaesthesia is being regularly practised in many clinical settings and there are many documented complications. Here we report the successful management of accidental migration of epidural catheter into the subarachnoid space causing near collapse in a patient.

Objective. Unilateral sensory and motor blockade is known to occur with epidural anesthesia but is rarely reported in children. The differential diagnosis should include the presence of a midline epidural septum. Case Report. We describe a case of a 16-year-old adolescent who developed repeated complete unilateral extensive epidural sensory and motor blockade with Horner's syndrome after thorac...

Epidural anesthesia is practiced in virtually every clinical setting. Its safety and versatility have supported increasing use for more and varied therapies. In a healthy patient in whom near-complete left hemiparesis developed following a routine continuous epidural anesthetic for labor, subdural deposit of the local anesthetic was suspected. The following case and discussion may help illustra...