post–lumbar puncture syndrome

post–lumbar puncture syndrome
the lumbar puncture headache and other symptoms, which may include pain at the back of the neck, nausea, vomiting, sweating, and malaise, felt in the erect position and relieved when the person lies down, lasting from several hours after lumbar puncture for sometimes a few days; it is due to lowering of intracranial pressure by leakage of cerebrospinal fluid through the needle tract.

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  • lumbar puncture headache — headache occurring a few hours after lumbar puncture, due to lowering of intracranial pressure after leakage of cerebrospinal fluid; see also post–lumbar puncture syndrome. Called also post–dural puncture, post–lumbar puncture, postspinal,… …   Medical dictionary

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