Myelography

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Indications 3 Clinical-significance 4 Procedure 5 Notes 6 More General Terms 7 References

More Specific Terms

• CT-myelography

Indications

• spinal cord neoplasm
• spinal cord injury
• herniated disc

Clinical-significance

• in some cases myelography will show pathology when MRI fails to do so, especially in patients with disk disease spinal cord neoplasm
• myelography also facilitates concurrent CSF analysis.

• Disadvantages:

• discomfort
• post-procedure headache

Procedure

• radiography of the spinal cord & nerve roots after injection of a contrast medium into the spinal subarachnoid space

Notes

• magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) has largely replaced myelography

More General Terms

• radiography (diagnostic imaging, roentgenography)

References

1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
3. Geriatrics Review Syllabus, American Geriatrics Society, 5th edition, 2002-2004
4. Amercian Society of Radialogic Technologists: Myelography [1]
5. Wikipedia: Myelography

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