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Complications of lumbar puncture in a child treated for leukaemia.

Staebler M, Azzi N, Sekhara T, Delpierre I, Damry N, Christophe C

Department of Medical Imaging, Children's University Hospital Queen Fabiola, 15 Avenue JJ Crocq, 1020 Brussels, Belgium.

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.

Published 12 October 2005 in Pediatr Radiol, 35(11): 1121-4.
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