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Metrizamide CT Scanning in Spinal Nerve Root Cysts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

R.N. Goyal ,
N.A. Russell ,
J.M.E.G. Belanger ,
B.G. Benoit  and
M. Rawa
R.N. Goyal
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ottawa Civic Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ontario
N.A. Russell*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ottawa Civic Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ontario
J.M.E.G. Belanger
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ottawa Civic Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ontario
B.G. Benoit
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ottawa Civic Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ontario
M. Rawa
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ottawa Civic Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ontario
*
Suite 606, 1081 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario KIY 4G2 Canada
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Two cases of lumbosacral root cysts of different etiology are reported. Their specific radiographic features are described using the combined technique of metrizamide myelography followed by computerized tomography of the spine. The terminology of intraspinal cysts is reviewed and their distinguishing features discussed.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , May 1987 , pp. 149 - 152
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1987

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