Author | Pettersson, Holger. author |
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Title | CT and Myelography of the Spine and Cord [electronic resource] : Techniques, Anatomy and Pathology in Children / by Holger Pettersson, Derek C. F. Harwood-Nash |
Imprint | London : Springer London, 1982 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1329-4 |
Descript | XIV, 120 p. online resource |
1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Technique -- Sedation and Anesthesia -- Puncture of the Thecal Sac -- Metrizamide Injection -- Positioning of the Patient for CT -- Observation of the Patient -- Intravenous Contrast Medium Injection -- Computed Tomographic Technique -- The Image -- Window Setting -- High Spatial Resolution and Contrast Discrimination (ReView) -- Direct Coronal Sections -- References -- 3 The Normal Spine and Spinal Cord -- The Spinal Column and Canal -- The Dural Sac and Spinal Cord -- References -- 4 Spinal Dysraphism -- Widened Dural Sac -- Tethered Cord Syndrome -- Meningocele -- Syringohydromyelia -- Diastematomyelia -- Neurenteric Cyst -- Developmental Mass Lesions -- Chiari Malformation -- The Complexity of the Dysraphic State -- References -- 5 Neoplasms -- Primary Neoplasms of Neural Origin -- Primary Neoplasms of the Spinal Column and Paraspinal Structures -- Metastases -- Enhancement of Lesions After Intravenous Contrast Medium Injection -- References -- 6 Trauma, Infection, and Inflammation -- Trauma -- Infection and Inflammation -- References -- 7 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Dysplasias Involving the Spinal Column and Canal -- Spinal Stenosis -- Localized Narrowing of the Spinal Canal -- Widened Spinal Canal -- Neurofibromatosis -- References -- 8 Scoliosis -- Conventional Radiography -- Computed Tomography -- References -- 9 The Diagnostic Accuracy of CTMM -- Comparison Between Information Provided by MM and CTMM -- Comparison Between Findings at CTMM and at Operation or Autopsy -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Adverse Effects of the Examination -- General and CNS Effects -- Local Damage Caused by Lumbar Puncture and Metrizamide Injection -- 11 Diagnostic Protocols -- Present Protocols -- Future Protocols -- Complete Reference List