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Spinal fluid leaks can be caused by punctures or disease in the spinal cord.
It usually means whomever was performing the lumbar puncture or "spinal tap" missed the sub-dural space where the spinal fluid is located. It may also be that the patient was dehydrated or was leaking CSF (cerebral-spinal fluid) thus making it very difficult to obtain a sample.
Normal spinal fluid pressure is 12
What would happen if your spinal fluid was impinged
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
junk99 Hemoglobin is in blood...not spinal fluid. It's the stuff red blood cells use to carry iron.
MRI results have effacement ventral cerebrospinal fluid space
cerebral spinal fluid cushions, protects and nourishes the brain and spinal cord.
Cerebral spinal fluid
spinal fluid
The term refers to the removal or disappearance of the cerebral-spinal fluid -- a serum-like fluid inside your spinal column and skull. I've not heard this exact term used before -- pretty obscure phrasing.
It is called cerebrospinal fluid or CSF.