CEREBRAL PNEUMOGRAPHY
- 1 May 1925
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 13 (5) , 580-591
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1925.02200110037003
Abstract
In 1918, Dandy1described the procedure of injecting air into the cerebral ventricles preliminary to roentgenography. Since that time rather startling claims have been made for the localizing value of this diagnostic method. On the other hand, unexpected fatalities have made many justly cautious about its use. The difficulty of interpreting the plates has likewise called forth adverse criticism. Discussion of the method from the point of view of risks, indications and interpretation in an attempt to determine its proper sphere in neurologic surgery is therefore much needed. This report is based on a series of sixty cranial pneumograms, of which twenty-seven2are from the Neurological Institute and thirty-three from the Presbyterian Hospital. In forty-two cases, the air was injected directly into the ventricles; in twelve cases, the injection was into the spinal canal by lumbar puncture, and in six cases a neoplastic cyst of the brain wasKeywords
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