Meningomyelocele and syringohydromyelia. Some radiological aspects.
Twenty meningomyelocele patients with nonfunctional ventricular shunts or no shunts were studied radiologically. This group was compared to a second group of 4 patients with functional shunts. The various techniques are compared and discussed. Pantopaque ventriculography is a potentially dangerous procedure. Radioisotope ventriculography appears to be a safe and useful method of diagnosing syringohydromyelia. Ventricular decomposition by means of a shunt appears to be an effective treatment.
D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009192:Myelography; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013667:Technetium
D003287:Contrast Media; D013667:Technetium