Bowel visualization during indium-111-labelled diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid cisternography due to massive cerebrospinal fluid leak. Case report and review of the literature

P J Jeffery; S Sostre; L R Scherer; W Kasecamp; E E Camargo

doi:10.1007/BF01268028

Bowel visualization during indium-111-labelled diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid cisternography due to massive cerebrospinal fluid leak. Case report and review of the literature

Eur J Nucl Med. 1990;17(6-8):365-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01268028.

Authors

P J Jeffery¹, S Sostre, L R Scherer, W Kasecamp, E E Camargo

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205.

PMID: 2286209
DOI: 10.1007/BF01268028

Abstract

We report a case of massive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage where the tracer injected intra-thecally for radionuclide cisternography was later visualized in the bowel as well as the nasopharynx. We discuss the potential implications of this finding in patients with CSF leaks. A brief review of the diagnosis of CSF leaks is included.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / etiology
Child
Colon / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Indium Radioisotopes*
Male
Pentetic Acid*
Radionuclide Imaging
Sphenoid Bone / injuries

Substances

Indium Radioisotopes
Pentetic Acid