Pseudo tethered cord: An unusual complication of lumbar puncture

An unusual complication of suprapubic puncture.

An unusual complication of suprapubic puncture for the relief of acute retention of urine in which the aspirating needle got embedded in the middle lobe of the prostate gland is described (JPMA 37: 205, 1987). CASE REPORT A.K., a 55 year old male who had prostatism for 2 years presented in November 1980 at the University of Benm Teaching Hospital with acute retention of urine. The main clinical...

Epidermoid spinal cord tumour after lumbar puncture.

A 5 year old boy developed an implantation dermoid tumour after a lumbar puncture in infancy. A survey of senior paediatricians has shown it to be common practice to use an unstiletted needle for lumbar puncture in small children. A stiletted needle is recommended for all such procedures.

Severe vocal cord dysfunction: an unusual complication of juvenile dermatomyositis.

Polyserositis: An Unusual Complication of Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning

  Background: Aluminum phosphide is the common cause of poisoning in adults in India, with a very high case fatality ratio. We studied five patients of aluminum phosphide poisoning with polyserositis. Methods: We enrolled all patients with aluminum phosphide poisoning presenting to emergency medical department, at a tertiary care hospital in northwestern India from January to July 2006. These p...

Tethered Cord Syndrome Secondary to the Unusual Constellation of a Split Cord Malformation, Lumbar Myelomeningocele, and Coexisting Neurenteric Cyst

We describe a seminal case report of a child with a tethered cord syndrome secondary to the unusual constellation of a split cord malformation, lumbar myelomeningocele, and coexisting neurenteric cyst. A 17-year-old adolescent girl with a several-month history of myelopathy and urinary incontinence was examined whose spinal MRI scan demonstrated a type II split cord malformation with a large bo...