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...
Main Authors: | Prasad Krishnan, Siddhartha Roychowdhury |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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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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