The lumbar tap test as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus is used widely. Complications from lumbar punctures are rare. We report a man who underwent a tap-test for secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus, and after clinical improvement, suffered a fatal intraparenchymal brain haemorrhage three days later. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Intraparenchymal haemorrhage after a cerebrospinal fluid tap-test for secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus / Missori, Paolo; Coppola, Gianluca; Paolini, Sergio; Pierelli, Francesco; Curra', Antonio. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 0967-5868. - STAMPA. - 19:6(2012), pp. 914-916. [10.1016/j.jocn.2011.08.026]

Intraparenchymal haemorrhage after a cerebrospinal fluid tap-test for secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus

MISSORI, Paolo;COPPOLA, GIANLUCA;PAOLINI, SERGIO;PIERELLI, Francesco;CURRA', antonio
2012

Abstract

The lumbar tap test as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus is used widely. Complications from lumbar punctures are rare. We report a man who underwent a tap-test for secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus, and after clinical improvement, suffered a fatal intraparenchymal brain haemorrhage three days later. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2012
brain; haemorrhage; hydrocephalus; intraparenchymal; tap test; tap-test
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Intraparenchymal haemorrhage after a cerebrospinal fluid tap-test for secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus / Missori, Paolo; Coppola, Gianluca; Paolini, Sergio; Pierelli, Francesco; Curra', Antonio. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 0967-5868. - STAMPA. - 19:6(2012), pp. 914-916. [10.1016/j.jocn.2011.08.026]
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