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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Erion Spaho MD

had a ct scan the other day to of brain everything was normal. Any ideas? ...4 months ago i got a spinal tap done. I had a spinal headache bc of csf leak. I had to 2 blood ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Erion Spaho ( Neurologist)
Dr.  Birma Ram Hudda MD

My sister is in the ER with severe headache and nausea. Has has mild headaches over the last 2 weeks. Her BP is slightly elevated. CT scan is normal. They want to do a spinal tap to check for ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Birma Ram Hudda ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Sudhir Kumar MD

severe right sided neck pain .The CT showed no sinus infection , and the spinal tap was clear. I do not ... primary care thought it was sinuses. I went to the ER three days later, and they did a CT... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Rakhi Tayal MD

, then west nile, but, after many tests (ctscan's, mri , cy lung scan & extensive bloods tests) - turns ... long periods. I do have lung, heart, neuro, and ent working on this crazy case. Possible spinal tap ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakhi Tayal ( OBGYN)
Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal MD

into my shoulder, also had some throbbing behind my right eye.. when they did a ct scan n mri they ...I had a spinal tap last friday.. I got a spinal headache the next day.. sunday i had an emergency ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal ( ENT Specialist)

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Dr. Noble Zachariah MD

My daughter had a CT scan of her head and then a spinal tap in the ER. The CT scan came back normal and the spinal tap was negative for meningitis. Her symptoms were headache, neck... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Noble Zachariah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. PANKAJ ARORA MD

Ct scan showed blood on the brain but don t know where it is coming from after having a spinal tap &angiogram. What should I do? the other symptoms are: metallic taste after a sharp pounding headaches,... View answer

Answered by : Dr. PANKAJ ARORA ( Neurologist)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

sending her home.she has had a spinal tap& a ct scan ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Saurabh Gupta MD

emergency room . They gave me a cat scan and checked for aneurysm, nice they run in my family, they didn t see anything abnormal, so they did a spinal tap. Gave me medications then sent me home, all said... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Gupta ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Nupur K MD

eye and ear hospital in Pittsburgh and got a gammet of tests - blood work, MRI, CT scan, etc and all normal Now they want to do a spinal tap - what would this be for and is it necessary ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Nupur K ( General & Family Physician)