title: [Gammacisternography and fronto-basal head injuries (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors give the results of 65 radioisotopic cisternographies for suspected rhinorrheas in frontal basal head injuries. Indium 111-DTPA lombar injection allows the investigation at least for 48 hours. After localisating the CSF fistulae, the gammacisternography permits us to study associated CSF circulation anomalies. Results and discussion give the correlation between positive tests and surgical findings. The best successful conditions of exploration are enough activity and a fluent clinical leakage of CSF. Nasal coton pledgets improve the success of the exploration.
mesh_terms: D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D008578:Meninges / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011011:Pneumoencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium
vernacular_title: La gammacisternographie et l'exploration des brèches osteoméningées de l'étage antérieur.