Complications of lumbar puncture in a child treated for leukaemia
Autor: | Melanie Staebler, Catherine Christophe, Isabelle Delpierre, Nadira Azzi, Nasroolla Damry, Tayeb Sekhara |
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Rok vydání: | 2005 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Leukemia medicine.diagnostic_test Lumbar puncture business.industry Intracranial Hypotension Hematoma Epidural Spinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spinal Puncture Surgery stomatognathic diseases Lumbar Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Humans Female Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging cardiovascular diseases Radiology Child business Mri findings Neuroradiology |
Zdroj: | Pediatric Radiology. 35:1121-1124 |
ISSN: | 1432-1998 0301-0449 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00247-005-1509-4 |
Popis: | Lumbar puncture may lead to neurological complications. These include intracranial hypotension, cervical epidural haematomas, and cranial and lumbar subdural haematomas. MRI is the modality of choice to diagnose these complications. This report documents MRI findings of such complications in a child treated for leukaemia. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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