Complications of lumbar puncture in a child treated for leukaemia.
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.
Staebler
Melanie
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Department of Medical Imaging, Children's University Hospital Queen Fabiola, 15 Avenue JJ Crocq, 1020 Brussels, Belgium.
Azzi
Nadira
N
Sekhara
Tayeb
T
Delpierre
Isabelle
I
Damry
Nash
N
Christophe
Catherine
C
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D046748:Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D007938:Leukemia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects*