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Spinal coning after lumbar puncture in a patient with undiagnosed giant cervical neurofibroma

Lumbar puncture in the presence of an intracranial tumor with raised intracranial pressure is known to have catastrophic consequences due to herniation of intracranial contents through the tentorial hiatus or foramen magnum. There are relatively few case reports about the same sequence of events whe...

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Autores principales: Krishnan, Prasad, Roychowdhury, Siddhartha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24101840
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.116935