Intraspinal epidermoid after lumbar puncture.
An intraspinal epidermoid tumour developed six years after a lumbar puncture in a woman aged 30 years. This rare complication possibly arose from implanted cutaneous tissue.
Baba
H
H
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
Wada
M
M
Tanaka
Y
Y
Imura
S
S
Tomita
K
K
D000328:Adult; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects*