This open-label prospective observational cohort study was designed to investigate the feasibility, success ratio, complications and therapeutic consequences of MRI with gadolinium administered by ...
Patients with iatrogenic leaks or no brain MRI were excluded. The charts of asymptomatic patients were reviewed to ... Conclusions Asymptomatic but clearly present spinal CSF leaks were not uncommon ...
Spinal subdural hygroma is best evaluated by MRI, and in the appropriate clinical setting, CT myelography. CT myelography may be used to reveal the location and extension of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ...
No significant change in mean choroid plexus, total gray or total white matter volume was observed. Conclusions Closure of a spinal CSF leak leads to an early increase in ventricular CSF volume and a ...
The fractured orbital roof in combination with the oedematous eyelid swelling raised the suspicion for orbital CSF leak. The MRI of the neurocranium demonstrated a small-sized CSF fistula extending ...
Generally, the prognosis is excellent for patients with brain MRI abnormalities and focal spinal CSF leaks, with most of them achieving full recovery under first-line measures. However, those with ...
If you have a severe headache that resolves when you lie down, you may have a CSF leak ... to drain more spinal fluid. Your doctor will carefully analyze the information obtained from your ...
A CSF leak happens when the watery fluid surrounding the brain or spine begins to leak through a tear, puncture or crack in the skull or dura, the outermost membrane that protects the spine and brain.