Abstract
Conventional myelography, metrizamide computed tomographic (CT) myelography, and surgical findings were correlated in 30 patients with cervical radiculopathy and/or myelopathy. In 60% of patients, metrizamide CT myelography provided significant additional information including better characterization of the abnormality, lateralization if the conventional myelogram was indeterminate, more definitive demonstration of cord atrophy, foraminal narrowing not appreciated on myelography, and demonstration of abnormalities distal to a myelographic block. In no case was a myelographic abnormality not detected on metrizamide CT myelography. In patients with cervical myelopathy, a cross-sectional diameter of the cord equaling less than 50% of the subarachnoid space is predictive of poor patient response to surgical intervention.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 675-680 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | American Journal of Roentgenology |
| Volume | 144 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Metrizamide CT myelography in cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy : Correlation with conventional myelography and surgical findings. / Badami, J. P.; Norman, D.; Barbaro, Nicholas; Cann, C. E.; Weinstein, P. R.; Sobel, D. F.
In: American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 144, No. 4, 1985, p. 675-680.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Metrizamide CT myelography in cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy
T2 - Correlation with conventional myelography and surgical findings
AU - Badami, J. P.
AU - Norman, D.
AU - Barbaro, Nicholas
AU - Cann, C. E.
AU - Weinstein, P. R.
AU - Sobel, D. F.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Conventional myelography, metrizamide computed tomographic (CT) myelography, and surgical findings were correlated in 30 patients with cervical radiculopathy and/or myelopathy. In 60% of patients, metrizamide CT myelography provided significant additional information including better characterization of the abnormality, lateralization if the conventional myelogram was indeterminate, more definitive demonstration of cord atrophy, foraminal narrowing not appreciated on myelography, and demonstration of abnormalities distal to a myelographic block. In no case was a myelographic abnormality not detected on metrizamide CT myelography. In patients with cervical myelopathy, a cross-sectional diameter of the cord equaling less than 50% of the subarachnoid space is predictive of poor patient response to surgical intervention.
AB - Conventional myelography, metrizamide computed tomographic (CT) myelography, and surgical findings were correlated in 30 patients with cervical radiculopathy and/or myelopathy. In 60% of patients, metrizamide CT myelography provided significant additional information including better characterization of the abnormality, lateralization if the conventional myelogram was indeterminate, more definitive demonstration of cord atrophy, foraminal narrowing not appreciated on myelography, and demonstration of abnormalities distal to a myelographic block. In no case was a myelographic abnormality not detected on metrizamide CT myelography. In patients with cervical myelopathy, a cross-sectional diameter of the cord equaling less than 50% of the subarachnoid space is predictive of poor patient response to surgical intervention.
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JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
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