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What are the causes for leaking spinal fluid?
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See below: Spinal fluid may leak following a spinal tap, surgery or trauma to the head and sometimes without known cause. See this site for more info. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001068.htm.
Answered 10/27/2017
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