Respiratory Phase Affects the Conspicuity of CSF-Venous Fistulas in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension.

Timothy J Amrhein L Gray M D Malinzak Peter G Kranz

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2020)

Spinal CSF-venous fistulas are a cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension that can be difficult to detect on imaging. We describe how the respiratory phase affects the visibility of CSF-venous fistulas during myelography.

Keyphrases

high resolution
spinal cord
cerebrospinal fluid
optic nerve
respiratory tract