• Am J Emerg Med · Oct 2014

    Case Reports

    The role of bedside ultrasound in pretherapeutic and posttherapeutic lumbar puncture in patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

    • Fotini Manizate, Getaw Worku Hassen, Hossein Kalantari, and Omer Nazeer.
    • NYMC, Metropolitan Hospital Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York, NY; Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Lutheran Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY; St George's University School of Medicine, Lutheran Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY. Electronic address: getawh@yahoo.com.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Oct 1;32(10):1298.e3-4.

    AbstractIdiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), also known as pseudotumor cerebri, is often a debilitating condition characterized by headaches, blurry vision, nausea, and vomiting. Lumbar puncture (LP) is an essential component of the diagnostic and therapeutic approach; however, the procedure itself can cause postlumbar puncture headache. In addition to the clinical presentation, the use of bedside ultrasound to measure the optic nerve sheath diameter may aid in differentiating the 2 conditions.We hereby report a case of a 33-year old woman with known IIH who presented with recurrent headache after the initial therapeutic LP.

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