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The value of metrizamide CT cisternography in the diagnosis of CSF fistulae

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Post-traumatic CSF fistulae and those affiliated with tumours on the skull base have so far been investigated by isotope cisternography, fluoresceine tests and polytomography. 12 patients have recently been studied by metrizamide CT cisternography. In acute post-traumatic cases difficulties arise in the differentiation between blood clots and the stream of contrast medium. The method was found to be useful in delayed CSF fistulae and tumour-associated cases.

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  1. F. Brandt

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Essen Medical Centre, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Essen Medical Centre, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. C. Nahser & H. Hartjes

  2. Department of Radiology, Alfried Krupp Hospital, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany

    F. Brandt, H. C. Nahser & G. Kunitsch

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Brandt, F., Nahser, H.C., Hartjes, H. et al. The value of metrizamide CT cisternography in the diagnosis of CSF fistulae. Acta neurochir 69, 37–42 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02055851

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