Farid Aassouani, Zaid Ennacery, Abdellatif Bensalah, Yahya Charifi, Diallo Mamadou, Nizar El Bouardi, Meryem Haloua, Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, Abdoulmalek Ousadden, Meryem Boubbou, Mustapha Maaroufi, Badreeddine Alami
Although it was first described over 100 years ago, lumbar puncture is still an important diagnostic tool for a variety of infectious and noninfectious neurologic conditions. With the widespread use of this common and relatively safe performed medical procedure, minor and major complications can occur even when standard infection control measures and good techniques are used, including post lumbar puncture headaches, infection, bleeding, cerebral herniation, radicular pain, and even pneumocephalus in extremely rare cases...
November 2022: Radiology Case Reports