Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a serious medical ... and evaluating the role of lumbar puncture in the diagnostic process. One significant area of research has been the evaluation of diagnostic ...

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

A computed tomography (CT) scan is normally performed first, but it may not always show the hemorrhage. When this is the case, a lumbar puncture is usually ordered next to look for blood.

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...