Percutaneous puncture of spinal cysts in the diagnosis and therapy of syringomyelia and cystic tumors.
The experience with percutaneous puncture of intraspinal cystic lesions is reported in four cases: an extradural cyst demonstrated with air, a spinal cord tumor with lipiodol and two cases of syringomyelia with metrizamide. Percutaneous puncture of cystic lesions makes possible an accurate delineation of the lesion and a histological approach through biochemical and cytological analysis of the aspirated cystic fluid, while aspiration of the fluid of cystic tumors decompresses the spinal cord and thus plays a therapeutic role.
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003287:Contrast Media; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media