Acute subdural hematoma as a complication of diagnostic lumbar puncture

Background: Intracranial hemorrhagic complications are unusual after diagnostic lumbar puncture. Case report: A diagnostic lumbar puncture was performed in a 55 year-old male for acute bacterial meningitis workup. Immediately after the procedure he developed intense headache and a head Computed Tom...

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Main Authors: Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Andres M. Rubiano, Hernando Raphael Alvis-Miranda, Nasly Zabaleta-Churio, Willem Guillermo Calderón-Miranda, Gabriel Alcalá-Cerra, Jorge Aquino-Matus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: London Academic Publishing 2016-12-01
Series:Romanian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/954