We report a case of neurosarcoidosis that was refractory to two courses of intravenous steroids. ... Lumbar puncture showed clear cerebrospinal fluid with seven WBCs mostly lymphocytes and no RBCs.

Neurosarcoidosis can affect nerves in many parts of your body. Often, it affects nerves around your face and head, ... Spinal tap: Your doctor may give you a spinal tap or lumbar puncture test.

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 ...

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 ...

DEMENTIA patients will be subjected to painful cut-price tests under proposed guidelines. They should be diagnosed using a lumbar puncture, which involves inserting a needle into the spinal cord, d… ...

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 ...