In cases where it is not feasible to access brain biopsy for PCNSL diagnosis confirmation, a comprehensive examination of CSF becomes crucial. Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) analysis with associated ...

A man in his 30s presented with classical signs and symptoms of a cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) leak. He underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the total spine that showed epidural contrast from C3 to ...

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Rebecca Silverman, MD, and associates advised evaluating the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in patients suspected of having vitreoretinal lymphoma to ensure that vitreoretinal lymphoma is not missed. 1 She ...

UMass Chan Medical School biomedical engineer and professor Rachael Sirianni leads a lab that researches new technologies to ...

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Your brain and spinal cord are protected by three layers of tissue called meninges. Between two of the layers is your cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, in a place called the intrathecal space.

A severe spinal defect threatened the life of a Wahiawa woman’s unborn child. Now more than a year later, her baby is ...

Finally, metastasis results when tumor cells in the cerebrospinal fluid deposit tumor cells in the epidural space.This scenario most often occurs in leukemia. [2] Spinal cord compression ...