title: Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography.
abstract: Radionuclide cisternography is generally considered to be a safe procedure without significant neurological complications. However, in this report we present a patient who developed conus medullaris syndrome following radionuclide cisternography. A 46-year-old woman underwent lumbar puncture followed by radionuclide cisternography with the diagnosis of hydrocephalus. After the cisternography, she developed voiding difficulty with perineal sensory loss. Lumbar MRI revealed a high signal intensity lesion on T2-weighted images at the level of conus medullaris. Considering its clinical course and MRI findings, a spinal cord infarction is highly suggested as a cause of the conus medullaris lesion in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Jeju National University, Aran 13 gil 15, Jeju-si, Jeju-do 690-767, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jay Chol
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3550-2196
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Choi