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Old 11-11-2013, 07:15 AM
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One should always have MRI before any spinal injections!

People can have hemangiomas in the spinal area (these are congenital malformations of blood vessels). They are pretty common. If a needle pierces one of these you can have a hemorrhage into the spinal cord. I know a woman who was having a neck epidural and this happened and she almost died!
She survived with an emergency surgery, but was left with severe chronic pain, as a result.
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