Contrast-enhanced MR myelography in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Description of an artefact imitating CSF leakage

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1799-1808

  Hattingen, Elke ^a   DuMesnil, Richard ^a   Pilatus, Ulrich ^a   Raabe, Andreas ^a   Kahles, Timo ^a   Beck, Jürgen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artefact; CE MR myelography; MR spectroscopy; SPIR; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTRAL PRESATURATION INVERSION RECOVERY; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67349126504     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1347-0     Document Type: Article

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