Spinal pseudomeningoceles are extradural collections of cerebrospinal fluid that result following a breach in the dural-arachnoid layer and is reported as one of the complications of lumbar disc surgery. Although they are often self subsiding and asymptomatic, they may occasionally cause low-back pain, headaches, and even nerve root entrapment. The purpose of this case report is to present an unreported presentation of pseudomeningocele
A 34 year obese male presented one month post lumbar discectomy with symptoms suggestive of raised intra cranial pressure presenting as repetitive decerebrate rigidity and altered sensorium lasting for few minutes when there is pressure on the pseudomeningocele sac and subsiding with change in position of the patient. He underwent surgical repair of the dural tear and was improved symptomatically with no recurrence of symptoms at five years follow up.