Diagnostic imaging studies and level and site of spontaneous CSF leaks in 25 patients
Parameters | No. of patients |
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CTM = CT myelography. | |
Diagnostic study | |
Head MRI | 24 |
Spine MRI | 12 |
Myelogram/CTM | 16 |
Radioisotope cisternography | 14 |
Level of the leak determined | 16 |
Cervical | 4 |
Cervicothoracic | 2 |
Thoracic | 7 |
Thoracolumbar | 2 |
Lumbar | 1 |
Actual site of the leak also identified | 9 |
Cervical | 3 |
Thoracic | 5 |
Lumbar | 1 |