Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

The most recent articles from: Clin Neurol Neurosurg January 2002

Clin Neurol Neurosurg · Jan 2002

Case Reports

Abducens palsy after lumbar puncture.

We report the case of a 43-year-old patient with neuralgic shoulder amyotrophy who developed abducens palsy on the left 4 days after diagnostic lumbar puncture (LP), which recovered completely within 4 months. ⋯ The presented case emphasizes the use of atraumatic small-size needles for lumbar puncture.

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