Metrizamide and radionuclide cisternography in communicating hydrocephalus

Conference · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6185608

Enzmann, D R; Norman, D; Price, D C; Newton, T H

Simultaneous /sup 111/In-DTPA and metrizamide CT cisternography correlated closely in the qualitative imaging of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics in 9 normal patients and in 11 patients thought to have communicating hydrocephalus. CSF clearance of both tracers was similar; significant absorption occurred in the spinal dural sac. Although delayed elevated serum iodine levels correlated highly with abnormal persistent ventricular penetration (detection at 48 h), these levels cannot be used to predict abnormal ventricular stasis. The pattern of ventricular and cortical sulcus enlargement on the plain CT scan did not indicate whether the dynamic metrizamide cisternogram would be normal or abnormal.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ. School of Medicine, CA
• OSTI ID: 6185608
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Journal Volume: 130:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
AMINO ACIDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
BRAIN
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CAT SCANNING
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
CHELATING AGENTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONTRAST MEDIA
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DRUGS
DTPA
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ESTERS
INDIUM 111
INDIUM ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MALFORMATIONS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC IODINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
PHOTON TRANSMISSION SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOPROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES
RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETON
SKULL
TOMOGRAPHY