Abstract
SUMMARY: CSF leaks, including CSF-venous fistulas, which cause spontaneous intracranial hypotension, remain difficult to diagnose, even on digital subtraction myelography and CT myelography. Dual-energy CT technology has been used to improve diagnostic utility within multiple organ systems. The capability of dual-energy CT to create virtual monoenergetic images can be leveraged to increase conspicuity of contrast in CSF-venous fistulas and direct epidural CSF leakage to improve the diagnostic utility of CT myelography. Six cases (in 5 patients) are shown in which virtual monoenergetic images demonstrate a leak location that was either occult or poorly visible on high- or low-kilovolt series. This clinical report describes the novel application of dual-energy CT for the detection of subtle CSF leaks including CSF-venous fistulas.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1539-1543 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | American Journal of Neuroradiology |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2022 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Clinical Neurology