a woman with a postpartum severe headache

Objective: epidural anesthesia is one of the famous, generally safe, and most requested pain relief measures in labor. nevertheless, it can have some complications though pneumocephalus and subdural effusion are very rare complications. case presentation: a 32-year-old woman presented with a severe persistent headache after a vaginal delivery, where epidural anesthesia was used for pain control. her brain computerized tomography (ct) scan confirmed pneumocephalus and subdural effusion as a complication of the procedure. conclusion: although headache can be present in many women post-delivery, investigations should run in susceptible women with alerting signs.