Role of dynamic CT myelography in identifying the etiology of superficial siderosis.
The authors report three cases of superficial siderosis with a fluid-filled spinal canal cavity communicating with the subarachnoid space. The site of communication was identified with dynamic CT myelography and the defect was surgically repaired.
Kumar
Neeraj
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Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. kumar.neeraj@mayo.edu
Lindell
E Paul
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Wilden
Jessica A
JA
Davis
Dudley H
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