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Visual and quantitative anaysis of cisternography for the detection of cerebrospinal fluid leakage

Creators

  • 1. College of Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Dept. of Radiology, College of Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

Description

We herein present a case of a 29-year-old man with clear rhinorrhea, which persisted for 8 years following a myringotomy. After cotton pledgets were placed in several different regions of the nasal cavity, cisternography using Tc-99m DTPA was performed to measure the radioactivity of each pledget. Cisternography showed subtle uptake in the nasal cavity. However, intense uptake was detected in the pledget placed in the right eustachian tube orifice, where the pledget:serum count ratio was 10.3:1. The patient underwent duroplasty and cranioplasty, and the rhinorrhea resolved

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (2010 Print)
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
2
Series
10 refs, 8 figs, 2 tabs
Journal Page Range
p. 193-194
ISSN
1869-3474

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
48069188
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BLOOD SERUM; COTTON; DETECTION; LEAKS; RADIOACTIVITY; TECHNETIUM 99; UPTAKE
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD; BLOOD PLASMA; BODY FLUIDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES