METRIZAMIDE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CISTERNOGRAPHY

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 134  (8-9) , 471-484
Abstract
Metrizamide, a new water-soluble contrast medium with low toxicity, was used for cranial computed tomography (computerized cisternography) in 26 patients. When injected by lumbar puncture, the pericerebral cisterns (posterior fossa and sella turcica especially), can be visualized with much greater precision than with classical computed tomography. It allows the normal and pathological circulation of the CSF to be studied. Six cases of posterior fossa tumors, 10 cases of pituitary tumors, 2 cases of empty sella, 2 cases of CSF rhinorrhea, 2 cases of normal pressure hydrocephalus, and 2 cases of syringomyelia were studied by this method. The examination was normal in 3 cases. Rapidity, reliability and good tolerance of this new method is stressed.

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