Percutaneous spinal cord puncture and myelocystography. Its role in the diagnosis and treatment of intramedullary neoplasms

Radiology. 1976 Mar;118(3):637-44. doi: 10.1148/118.3.637.

Abstract

Three patients with cystic tumors of the cervical spinal cord were evaluated with percutaneous cord puncture and myelocystography. This procedure gives relief of symptoms and permits delineation of the extent and character of the cystic mass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Air
  • Astrocytoma / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Astrocytoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Ependymoma / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Ependymoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Glioma / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Glioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelography*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / therapy
  • Spinal Puncture* / methods