Acta Neurochirurgica

, Volume 25, Issue 3–4, pp 145–163 | Cite as

Isotope cisternography

Considerations on abnormal pictures
  • G. Frigeni
  • S. M. Gaini
  • P. Paoletti
  • R. Villani
Article

Summary

The authors report their experience of isotope cisternography and ventriculography with I131 or Tc99m labelled albumin. Eighty-nine patients with different neurosurgical diseases responsible for alterations of the C.S.F. circulation and absorption were studied during a twenty months' period. The codition studied included; communicating hydrocephalus, obstrucsive hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri, hemispherectomy, alteration of C.S.F. circulation following neurosurgical procedures, and C.S.F. rhinorrhoea.

Keywords

Public Health Albumin Hydrocephalus Interventional Radiology Invasive Surgery 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • G. Frigeni
    • 1
  • S. M. Gaini
    • 1
  • P. Paoletti
    • 1
  • R. Villani
    • 1
  1. 1.Neurosurgical Clinic of the University of MilanoItaly

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