44. Indications for lumbar puncture

Question 1

Indications

Answer 1

• Suspicion of meningitis
• Therapeutic relief of pseudotumor cerebri

Diagnosis of bacterial, fungal, mycobacterial, and viral CNS infections.
Helpful in diagnosing
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- CNS malignancies
- Demyelinating diseases
- Guillain-Barré syndrome