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Decubitus CT Myelography for Detecting Subtle CSF Leaks in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
P.G. Kranz, L. Gray and T.J. Amrhein
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5995
P.G. Kranz
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
L. Gray
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
T.J. Amrhein
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Abstract
SUMMARY: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is caused by spinal CSF leaks, but the site of the leak is not always detected on spinal imaging. We report on the additional value of decubitus positioning during CT myelography in enhancing the detection of subtle leaks.
ABBREVIATIONS:
- CTM
- CT myelography
- CVF
- CSF venous fistula
- SIH
- spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Footnotes
Disclosures: Linda Gray—UNRELATED: Board Membership: medical advisory membership for CSF Leak Association.
- © 2019 by American Journal of Neuroradiology
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Decubitus CT Myelography for Detecting Subtle CSF Leaks in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
P.G. Kranz, L. Gray, T.J. Amrhein
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2019, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5995
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