Spinal Taps and Epidermoid Tumors
- 1 August 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Practice
- Vol. 8 (8) , 79-84
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1973.11706405
Abstract
The unoccluded needle has become widely used to perform lumbar puncture in infants and small children because it simplifies the procedure but, unlike the standard needle with stylet, it carries the hazard of cutting free some epidermal tissue and depositing it in the subarachnoid space where it may give rise to a tumor. Several lines of evidence, experimental as well as statistical, are converging to support this view.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Epidermoid spinal cord tumors and previous lumbar puncturesThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1972
- EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ORIGIN OF INTRASPINAL EPIDERMOID CYSTSActa Neurologica Scandinavica, 1967
- Growth of Dermoids from Skin Implants to the Nervous System and Surrounding Spaces of the Newborn RatJournal of Neurosurgery, 1967
- Intraspinal EpidermoidsJournal of Neurosurgery, 1962