A lumbar puncture, or spinal tap, is one of several tests used to diagnose MS. Learn what to expect during a spinal tap and what the test can reveal.

A repeat MRI of the brain and the C-spine after one week revealed no change. Lumbar puncture showed clear cerebrospinal fluid with seven WBCs mostly lymphocytes and no RBCs. NMO-IgG was negative.

Multiple sclerosis and sarcoidosis may both cause brain fog, numbness, fatigue, or unsteadiness. Get the diagnosis details for these two chronic diseases.

Experts have demonstrated that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar puncture. Experts found that by ...

After a lumbar puncture left her disabled in 2017, Jodi now writes about curiosity, resilience and the challenges of big life changes.

Children who present with new neurologic symptoms up to 7 days following lumbar puncture procedures should receive ultrasound or MRI scans to identify pathology.

MRIs and lumbar punctures may not provide enough therapeutic value to be standard-of-care diagnostic tests in patients suffering neurologic symptoms following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell ...

The patient received a 5-day course of intravenous immunoglobulin with no objective improvement. He was then started on oral steroids. A lumbar puncture and sural nerve biopsy were planned ...

Background: Headache after cervical or lumbar puncture has long been attributed to early mobilization; however, there is little evidence for this. We performed a systematic literature review and ...

The lumbar puncture did not go smoothly, with multiple attempts needed in order to access my CSF. Writer Jodi Ettenberg, standing in front of the Treasury in UNESCO-listed Petra, Jordan in 2011.