Cisternography in combination with single photon emission tomography for the detection of the leakage site in patients with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: Preliminary report

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1183-1189

  Servadei, F ^a   Moscatelli, G ^a   Giuliani, G ^a   Cremonini, A M ^a   Piazza, G ^a   Agostini, M ^a   Riva, P ^a  

^a BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea; Cisternography; SPECT

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE INDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTETIC ACID; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031752925     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050235     Document Type: Article

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