title: [The importance of myelography with water soluble contrast medium in follow-up neuroradiologic diagnosis of spinal diseases].
abstract: We analyzed the outcome of diagnostic processes in 102 cases of unclear spinal affections. Myelography, spinal CT with and without contrast media, and, in several cases, spinal MRI were performed. Facing a higher number of false positive or false negative diagnoses after the initial CT scans we propose the classical myelography with a water-soluble contrast medium to be initial neuroradiological method for detection of spinal processes, especially in the cervical region.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Neurologie, Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grundl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Foit
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009192:Myelography; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Zur Bedeutung der Myelographie mit wässrigem Kontrastmittel in der Abfolge neuroradiologischer Diagnostika bei spinalen Affektionen.