Rapid transit of tracer to the kidneys and urinary bladder in radionuclide cisternography: A sign of CSF leak

R. Halkar, Roderic I. Pettigrew, C. Lipman, L. Gilles

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Abstract

A 20-year-old woman complained of postural headache after severe emesis. Lumbar puncture showed no abnormality except for low cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Radionuclide cisternography at 4-hour and 24-hours showed no tracer in the basal cisterns or cerebral convexities. The 4-hour image showed tracer in the renal area, and at 24 hours there was tracer in the urinary bladder. There was no direct evidence of CSF leak. ACTmyelogram showed a CSF leak near the third and fourth lumbar nerve roots.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)121-123
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 20 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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