Lumbar Puncture as a Cause of Tension Pneumocephalus, Pneumorrachis, and Sacral Meningocele infection Leading to Death: An Extremely Rare Case Report.

FARID AASSOUANI; Zaid Ennacery; Abdellatif  Bensalah; Yahya Charifi; Mamadou Diallo; Nizar El bouardi; Meryem Haloua; Moulay youssef Alaoui Lamrani; Abdoulmalek Ousadden; Meriem Boubbou; Mustapha Maaroufi; Badreeddine Alami

doi:10.22541/au.166004502.27687624/v1

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Lumbar Puncture as a Cause of Tension Pneumocephalus, Pneumorrachis, and Sacral Meningocele infection Leading to Death: An Extremely Rare Case Report.

FARID AASSOUANI,
Zaid Ennacery,
Abdellatif Bensalah,
Yahya Charifi,
Mamadou Diallo,
Nizar El bouardi,
Meryem Haloua,
Moulay youssef Alaoui Lamrani,
Abdoulmalek Ousadden,
Meriem Boubbou,
Mustapha Maaroufi,
Badreeddine Alami

Abstract

Although it was first described over 100 years ago,lumbar puncture is still an important diagnostic tool for a variety of infectious and noninfectious neurologic conditions.With the widespread use of this common and relatively safe performed medical procedure, minor and major complications can occur even when standard infection control measure

Nov 2022Published in Radiology Case Reports volume 17 issue 11 on pages 4379-4383. 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.08.058

Abstract

Peer review status:Published