Spinal coning after lumbar puncture in a patient with undiagnosed giant cervical neurofibroma

Lumbar puncture in the presence of an intracranial tumor with raised intracranial pressure is known to have catastrophic consequences due to herniation of intracranial contents through the tentorial hiatus or foramen magnum. There are relatively few case reports about the same sequence of events whe...

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Main Authors: Prasad Krishnan, Siddhartha Roychowdhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2013;volume=16;issue=3;spage=440;epage=442;aulast=Krishnan

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