[Cortical venous thrombosis after a diagnostic lumbar puncture]

Nervenarzt. 2009 Oct;80(10):1219-21. doi: 10.1007/s00115-009-2834-x.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We present the case of a 49-year-old female patient who underwent a lumbar puncture in the context of an extended diagnostic work-up after a transient ischemic attack. A few days later the patient who suffered from severe post-lumbar puncture headache, developed a lobar hemorrhage due to a cortical venous thrombosis requiring decompression surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Veins / surgery*
  • Decompression, Surgical*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Intracranial Thrombosis / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Puncture / adverse effects*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Venous Thrombosis / surgery*