RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Identification of CSF fistulas by radionuclide counting.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 823
OP 826
VO 11
IS 4
A1 Yamamoto, Y
A1 Kunishio, K
A1 Sunami, N
A1 Yamamoto, Y
A1 Satoh, T
A1 Suga, M
A1 Asari, S
YR 1990
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/11/4/823.abstract
AB A radionuclide counting method, performed with the patient prone and the neck flexed, was used successfully to diagnose CSF rhinorrhea in two patients. A normal radionuclide ratio (radionuclide counts in pledget/radionuclide counts in 1-ml blood sample) was obtained in 11 normal control subjects. Significance was determined to be a ratio greater than 0.37. Use of radionuclide counting method of determining CSF rhinorrhea is recommended when other methods have failed to locate a site of leakage or when posttraumatic meningitis suggests subclinical CSF rhinorrhea.