RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Decubitus CT Myelography for CSF-Venous Fistulas: A Procedural Approach
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A6844
A1 M.D. Mamlouk
A1 R.P. Ochi
A1 P. Jun
A1 P.Y. Shen
YR 2020
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2020/10/29/ajnr.A6844.abstract
AB SUMMARY: Decubitus CT myelography is a reported method to identify CSF-venous fistulas in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension. One of the main advantages of decubitus CT myelography in detecting CSF-venous fistulas is using gravity to dependently opacify the CSF-venous fistula, which can be missed on traditional myelographic techniques. Most of the CSF-venous fistulas in the literature have been identified in patients receiving general anesthesia and digital subtraction myelography, a technique that is not performed at all institutions. In this article, we discuss the decubitus CT myelography technique and how to implement it in daily practice.CTMCT myelographyDSMdigital subtraction myelographySIHspontaneous intracranial hypotension