Spinal Tap Gives Clues to Brain and Spinal Cord HealthDEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor wants me to have a spinal tap to helpconfirm a diagnosis. What happens...Komaroff, Anthony
In a spinal tap, also called a lumbar puncture, a doctor removes some of that fluid and sends it to a lab for testing. The test can help doctors diagnose disorders that may involve the brain, spinal cord, or their coverings (meninges). If you have headaches or migraines, your doctor ...
Lumbar puncture or spinal tap is done by obtaining a sample of cerebrospinal fluid by inserting a needle in your lower back. This procedure is performed to diagnose meningitis, encephalitis, bleeding around the brain, multiple sclerosis, cancers of the brain and/or spinal cord, and related concer...
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Lumbar puncture, also known asspinal tap, is an invasive procedure where a hollow needle is inserted into the space surrounding the subarachnoid space in the lower back to obtain samples ofcerebrospinal fluid(CSF) for qualitative analysis. Most of the disorders of the centralnervous systemare diagn...
spinal fluid脊髓液 spinal anesthesia脊髓麻醉;脊髓性感觉缺失 spinal同义词 adj. 脊髓的;脊柱的;针的;脊骨的;尖刺的 rachial,medullary spinal词源中文解释 1570年代,源自于拉丁语 spinalis,意为“与刺或脊柱有关的”,来自于拉丁语 spina(参见 spine)。Spinal tap 的记录始于1960年。
Other names for a lumbar puncture (an LP) include spinal tap, spinal puncture, thecal puncture, and rachiocentesis. Why is a lumbar puncture done? An LP is most commonly performed to obtain a sample of the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Examination of the fluid can be ...
A spinal tap (lumbar puncture) is done to obtain a sample of cerebrospinal cord fluid. If acute transverse myelitis is present, the number of certain white blood cells and the protein level in the cerebrospinal fluid are increased. Tests, such as a chest x-ray and blo...
3. a thin, stiff, pointed part growing on an animal or a plant. espinaˈspinal adjective of or concerned with the backbone. a spinal injury.espinal, vertebralˈspineless adjective 1. of an animal, having no spine; invertebrate. invertebrado 2. of a person, having a weak character; ea...