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What Is A Spinal Tap
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Spinal tap; Ventricular puncture; Lumbar puncture; Cisternal puncture; Cerebral spinal fluid culture
What the risks are
- Risks of lumbar puncture include:
- Hypersensitivity (allergic) reaction to the anesthetic.
- Discomfort during the test.
- Headache after the test.
- Bleeding into the spinal canal.
- Brain herniation (if performed on a person with increased intracranial pressure), and resulting in brain damage or death.
- Damage to the spinal cord (par...
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Meningitis: staphylococcal
...Signs and tests For any patient with meningitis, it is important to perform a lumbar puncture (spinal tap), where a sample of spinal fluid (known as cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF) is obtained... Read more »CSF collection
Spinal tap; Ventricular puncture; Lumbar puncture; Cisternal puncture; Cerebral spinal fluid culture References Nathan, BR. Cerebrospinal Fluid and Intracranial... Read more »CSF cell count
...cells may indicate a hemorrhage. However, red blood cells in the CSF may also be due to a traumatic spinal tap which can happen if the spinal tap needle hits a blood vessel while entering the skin... Read more »Pseudotumor Cerebri (IIH)
...vomiting Diagnosis of PTC:The only truly definitive diagnostic test for PTC is a lumbar puncture (LP) (spinal tap) with the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure measured when the needle is... Read more »Vertebrobasilar circulatory disorders
... Conventional angiogram (x-rays of the arteries using injected dye) Lumbar puncture (spinal tap) -- rarely needed Blood tests Electrocardiogram (ECG) and ... Read more »Images
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