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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kootar, Scherazad
• Walavalkar, Abhijeet
• Kumar, Abhaya
• Bhave, Chinmaya
• Sanghvi, Darshana

Titel

Modification in MRI contrast myelogram by instillation of intrathecal preservative-free normal saline to demonstrate CSF spinal leaks

Ist Teil von

• Neurology India, 2018-07, Vol.66 (4), p.1187-1189

Ort / Verlag

India: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In addition to the findings on CT scan, MRI showed diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement, prominent dural venous sinuses, enlarged pituitary gland, prominent epidural space in the spine, and edema in the upper cervical paraspinal muscles [Figure 1]. A review of case records in the study conducted by Griauzde et al.,[3] among patients who underwent preservative-free normal saline challenge coupled with contrast-enhanced MR myelography showed CSF leaks in 4 out of 5 patients with a previously normal computed tomographic (CT) myelogram. [...]intrathecal instillation of saline infusion has an incremental value in the demonstration of spinal CSF leaks, compared to conventional MR myelograms.