A 64-year-old patient with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus underwent a lumbar puncture during which 30 mL of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was drained. Since the CSF opening pressure was ...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and lumbar puncture (LP) may not always be necessary ... 80% of scans showed normal results. Only 4% of those with abnormal findings had a change in treatment ...