RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Computed tomography in 75 clinical cases of syringomyelia.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 199
OP 204
VO 2
IS 3
A1 M L Aubin
A1 J Vignaud
A1 C Jardin
A1 D Bar
YR 1981
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/2/3/199.abstract
AB Seventy-five patients with a clinical diagnosis of syringomyelia were examined by computed tomography after intrathecal injection of metrizamide. A central cavity was demonstrated in 67 patients. Tilting the patient head down did not increase the rate of cavity opacification. This evidence favors transneural migration of metrizamide into the cavity. The spinal cord was measurably enlarged in only a minority of the patients. In some, the cavity appeared to have clefts or wall defects. These results are discussed according to the etiopathogenic theories advanced by Gardner, Aboulker, and Williams.