Spinal-cerebrospinal fluid leak demonstrated by radiopharmaceutical cisternography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 152-155

  Ali, Seham A ^a   Cesani, Fernando ^a   Zuckermann, Jeffery A ^b   Nusynowitz, Martin L ^a   Chaljub, Gregory ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Fairbanks Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopleural subarachnoid fistula; Cerebrospinal leak; Cisternogram; Radionuclide cisternogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CISTERNOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTETIC ACID; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0031889810     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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