* Indications
A) Dignostic
- absolute
1) meningitis
2) encephalitis
3) subarachnoid hadmorrhage
4) GBS
5) acute demyelinating disease
6) transverse myelitis
7) unexplained coma
8) unexplained dementia
-Relative
1) multiple sclerosis
2) PUO
3) neurosyphilis
B) Therapeutic
1. Methotrexate in leukaemia
2. Spinal anaesthesia
3. Benign intracranial HTN
*CONTRAINDICATION
1. Raised intracranial
2. Spinal deformity
3. Local infection
4. Coagulation disorders
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