Visual and Quantitative Analysis of Cisternography for the Detection of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage
10.1007/s13139-015-0389-2
- Author:
Eun Kyoung CHOI
1
;
Jin Kyoung OH
;
Sonya Youngju PARK
;
Ikdong YOO
;
Dong Hyun KIM
;
Yong An CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Dongsu-ro 56, Bupyung-gu, Incheon, Gyeonggi-do 404-834, Republic of Korea. jinkyoung.oh@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cerebrospinal fluid leak;
Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea;
Radionuclide imaging;
TechnetiumTc 99m pentetate
- MeSH:
Adult;
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak;
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea;
Cerebrospinal Fluid;
Eustachian Tube;
Humans;
Nasal Cavity;
Pentetic Acid;
Radioactivity;
Radionuclide Imaging
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2017;51(2):193-194
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
