title: [Detailed myelographic diagnosis: the spinal arteries in the amipaque myelogram (author's transl)].
abstract: In order to ascertain how much information Amipaque myelography provides regarding the normal and abnormal anatomy of the spinal arteries, 100 thoracic and/or cervical myelograms were reviewed. Partial demonstration of the anterior spinal system was noted in 78% of the thoraco-lumbar, and in 63% of the cervical myelograms. Where the anterior spinal artery was visible over several segments, it was usually possible to identify its origin. In an extensive arterio-venous angioma with complex vascularity, indirect demonstration of the vessels was definite and clear. Amipaque would seem to be the contrast medium of choice for myelograph of the entire spinal canal, including cervical myelography with puncture at the first or second vertebra. This is particularly true if it is desired to demonstrate the anterior spinal artery system with its tributaries.
mesh_terms: D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008793:Metrizamide; D009192:Myelography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013131:Spine / Q000098:blood supply; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D008793:Metrizamide
vernacular_title: Myelographische Detaildiagnostik: Spinalarterien im Amipaque-Myelogramm.