Post lumbar puncture spinal subarachnoid hematoma causing paraplegia: a short report.
Neurol India
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2002 Sep; 50(3): 367-9
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| ID: sea-121631
ABSTRACT
A 53 year old male underwent total excision of a large sphenoidal wing meningioma. Patient was treated with cephalosporins and phenytoin for postoperative meningitis. Three weeks after surgery, a follow up lumbar puncture was done. The patient became paraplegic over a few hours. Imaging of the dorsolumbar spine and other investigations demonstrated a large intraspinal hematoma caused by thrombocytopenia which was probably drug induced. After normalising the platelet count surgical evacuation of the spinal subarachnoid hematoma was done. Relevant literature is reviewed.
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Paraplegia
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Spinal Cord
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Spinal Puncture
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Male
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Hematoma
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Middle Aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Neurol India
Year:
2002
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Article
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