Failure of lumbar puncture in a patient with spinal epidural lipomatosis: a case report

Failure of lumbar puncture in a patient with spinal epidural lipomatosis: a case report

Abstract We report a case of difficult lumbar puncture due to the inability to obtain adequate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a patient later diagnosed with spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL). A 76-year-old man with a body mass index (BMI) of 24.1 kg/m2 was scheduled for transurethral resection of a bl...

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Main Authors: Daiki Yamanaka, Takashi Kawano, Marie Shigematsu-Locatelli, Atsushi Nishigaki, Sonoe Kitamura, Bun Aoyama, Hiroki Tateiwa, Noriko Kitaoka, Masataka Yokoyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-07-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
Subjects:
Spinal anesthesia
Lumbar puncture
Epidural lipomatosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-016-0040-y

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