RT Journal A1 Atabaki S, Ochsenschlager D, Vezina G T1 Post–lumbar puncture headache and backache in pediatrics: A case series and demonstration of magnetic resonance imaging findings JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine YR 1999 FD July 1 VO 153 IS 7 SP 770 OP 773 DO 10.1001/archpedi.153.7.770 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.153.7.770 AB One of the first post-LP complications was reported in 1898 when August Bier, a founding father of modern anesthesia, developed a headache after undergoing spinal anesthesia.2 He postulated that this complication was due to cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) leakage at the puncture site. Other authors have suggested that post-LP headaches and backaches may be caused by epidural fluid collections.3