Lumbar puncture headache
Definition: Headache in erect position, after lumbar puncture; due to lowering of intracranial pressure by leakage of cerebrospinal fluid through the needle tract.
Synonyms (terms occurring on more labels are shown first): post-spinal headache, postspinal headache
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