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Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock – a neurologist explains what happens when it stops working
It cushions the brain and spinal cord, provides nutrients and removes waste products. CSF is made of water, proteins, sugar, ions and neurotransmitters. It is primarily produced by a network of ...
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What Is a Spinal Tap?
Other conditions that a lumbar puncture can help diagnose include: This procedure may also be done to measure the CSF pressure around the spinal cord and brain, which helps with the diagnosis of ...
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Spinal Cord Compression: An Obstructive Oncologic Emergency
Finally, metastasis results when tumor cells in the cerebrospinal fluid deposit tumor cells in the epidural space.This scenario most often occurs in leukemia. [2] Spinal cord compression ...
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Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock – a neurologist explains what happens when it stops working
It cushions the brain and spinal cord, provides nutrients and removes waste products. Despite its importance, problems related to CSF often go unnoticed until something goes wrong. CSF is made of ...