Spondylodiscitis Occurring after Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture: A Case Report by Mehmet Sabri Gürbüz, Mehmet Zafer Berkman

“…However, spondylidiscitis developing after diagnostic lumbar puncture is very rare. Early diagnosis has a crucial role in the management of the disease and inclines the morbidity rates. …”
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Unusual Relapse of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma at Site of Lumbar Puncture by Zartaj Ahmed, Ramesh K. Ramanathan, Sunil Ram, James Newell, Maqbool Halepota

“…We report a 63-year-old male patient, who responded well to treatment for PCNSL but relapsed two and half years later with a lumbosacral nodule at the site of a previous lumbar puncture due to microscopic tumor seeding. Clinicians treating patients with PCNSL must remain alert to the possibility of extracranial solitary relapse even after the resolution of initial disease because prompt treatment can result in a good outcome.…”
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Management of Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation following Lumbar Puncture in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension by Kenneth R. Hoffman, Sean W. Chan, Andrew R. Hughes, Stephen J. Halcrow

“…Lumbar puncture is performed routinely for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in idiopathic intracranial hypertension, despite lumbar puncture being classically contraindicated in the setting of raised intracranial pressure. …”
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Acute spinal subdural hematoma following lumbar puncture in a pediatric leukemia patient by Kheirreddine Mohamed Abderraouf, Khelifa Adel, Aichaoui Fayçal, Morsli Abdelhalim

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Epidemiology of Lumbar Puncture and the Validity of Meningeal Signs in Predicting Meningitis in Children: A Cross-sectional Study by Mehjabin, Shiji Joseph, Arun Ravi, Kalyani Pillai

“…However, making a definitive diagnosis in the early stages can be challenging, as clinical symptoms are often non specific and may overlap with other conditions. Lumbar Puncture (LP) is a crucial diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in paediatric medicine to diagnose various neurological diseases, particularly meningitis, by analysing Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). …”
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40 is the new 50: reducing the need for platelet transfusions prior to lumbar puncture in adults with hematologic malignancies by Kristen Corrao, Adrian Umpierrez, Angela Treml, Aniko Szabo, Laura Michaelis, Lyndsey Runaas, Guru Subramanian Guru Murthy, Sameem Abedin, Karen Carlson, Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, Ehab Atallah

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Frequency and Associated Factors of Post-dural Puncture Headache at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Southern Punjab, Pakistan by Maria Jabeen, Sohaib Hassan, Aneeqa Saad, Sohail Safdar

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Iatrogenic intracranial hypotension complicated to dural venous sinus thrombosis and lobar hemorrhage: A case report by Hidayatullah Hamidi, MD, Mohammad Iqbal Haqyar, MD

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Systematic review on the compliance of WHO guidelines in the management of patients with advanced HIV disease in Africa: The case of cryptococcal antigen screening. by Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Jackline Vicent Mbishi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zarin Nudar Rodoshi, Muhidin Ibrahim Hundisa, Rebecca Mesfin Sileshi, Biruk Demisse Ayalew, Rahma Musoke, Lynn Moshi, Yousef Elias Fakhoury, Haji Mbwana Ally, Habib Omari Ramadhani

“…Six studies evaluated CrAg positive patients with lumbar puncture and the overall prevalence of lumbar puncture was 74.9% (48.0-94.8). …”
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Positive real-time PCR in pneumococcal meningitis 12 hours after initiation of antibiotic therapy – case report by Cem Thunstedt, Carla Palleis, Johannes Wischmann, Suzette Heck, Konstantinos Dimitriadis, Matthias Klein

“…Lumbar puncture revealed cloudy cerebrospinal fluid with elevated cell count, protein, and low glucose. …”
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Implications of Intrathecal Chemotherapy for Anaesthesiologists: A Brief Review by Abhijit Nair

“…As these groups of patients are coagulopathic either because of the disease per se or due to systemic chemotherapy, lumbar puncture in them is considered challenging and is expected to be performed by an anaesthesiologist because of their expertise in this procedure. …”
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Changing Landscape of Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis and Implication on Public Health by John Allonce, Mohammed Ahsan, Angelina Browne, Rebecca Witherell, Mark Rasnake

“…Elevated ICP was evident upon lumbar puncture, and NTHi was isolated in CSF and blood cultures. …”
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Predicting purulent meningitis in very preterm infants: a novel clinical model by Xiaowei Sun, Rui Jing, Yang Li

“…Newborns with PM often present nonspecific symptoms. The success of lumbar puncture, an invasive test, relies on the operator's expertise. …”
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Bacterial Meningitis in the Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ryota Hase, Naoto Hosokawa, Makito Yaegashi, Kiyoharu Muranaka

“…The authors conclude that normal CSF at lumbar puncture at an early stage cannot rule out bacterial meningitis. …”
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Postdural Puncture Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis in a Juvenile Case of Clinically Isolated Syndrome by Miriam Michel, Edda Haberlandt, Matthias Baumann, Andreas Entenmann, Michaela Wagner, Kevin Rostasy

“…We report the case of a CVT following lumbar puncture and intravenous glucocorticosteroid therapy in a female adolescent with a clinically isolated syndrome and risk factors for thrombosis. …”
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It Is Just a Blood Patch: Considerations for Patients with Preexisting Intracranial Hypertension by Devina Shiwlochan, Sargis Ohanyan, Kanishka Rajput

“…Epidural blood patches are routine procedures interventional pain physicians perform for postdural puncture headaches (PDPH), whether it be due to the inadvertent wet tap from an epidural or a diagnostic lumbar puncture. Typically, these patients are relatively healthy and an epidural is relatively straightforward. …”
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Guillain-Barré syndrome in patients with multiple myeloma: three cases report and literature review by Zhichao Li, Fang Huang, Siguo Hao

“…Cases presentation Three patients with IgA type MM experienced lower limb weakness during treatment. Combined with lumbar puncture, nerve conduction studies, and other tests, the diagnosis was confirmed as GBS. …”
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Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis: Single Reference Center Experience and Review of Current Literature: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Alper Aykanat, Hasan Tolga Celik, Gulsen Hazirolan, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…Most common symptoms in all patients raised suspicion in favor of NBM and resulted in lumbar puncture were fever (34.5%, n=91), respiratory distress (31.1%, n=82), lethargy (31.1%, n=82), and apnea (26.1%, n=69). …”
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A Reversible Cytotoxic Lesion of the Corpus Callosum Developing after a Rapid Alteration in Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure/Volume in a Patient with New Daily Persistent Headache by Todd D. Rozen, Hector A. Robles

“…A case is presented of a woman with a history of daily persistent head pressure and dizziness who developed a cytotoxic lesion of the splenium of the corpus callosum after an acute withdrawal of chronic acetazolamide treatment and then, in quick succession, a CSF pressure/volume drop with a lumbar puncture. This is the first documentation that rapid alterations of CSF pressure/volume may trigger cytotoxic lesions in the central nervous system.…”
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Cryptococcus: A Rare Cause of Parotid Abscess in Liver Cirrhosis by Takeshi Okamoto, Katsuyuki Fukuda

“…Fine-needle aspiration of the parotid gland revealed Cryptococcus neoformans. Lumbar puncture confirmed cryptococcal meningitis. Multiple splenic lesions with radiographic features consistent with cryptococcal splenic abscesses were also seen. …”
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