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Conray ventriculography carried out as seriography on a biplane serial changer

Ventriculographie au Conray réalisée en sériographie bi-directionnelle

Conray Ventrikulographie, durchgeführt als Seriographie am Filmwechsler in 2 Ebenen

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A report is presented of 20 Conray ventriculograms carried out by a seriographic technique. A mixture of Conray and physiological saline was injected through a rubber catheter placed in a lateral ventricle with its tip close to the foramen of Monro, and the exposures were made immediately, over the course of 2 sec, using a biplane serial changer with the “ping-pong” technique, and without alteration of the position of the head. Only small amounts of contrast are necessary. Most details are visible immediately after the injection and this technique is most suitable in cases in which a lesion of the third ventricle, aqueduct or posterior cranial fossa is suspected, without complete blockage of the cerebrospinal fluid flow.

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Les auteurs rapportent 20 cas de ventriculographies au Conray étudiées par sériographie. Ils injectent un mélange de Conray et de sérum physiologique dans un cathéter en caoutchouc placé dans un ventricule latéral, son extrémité se situant près du trou de Monro. Les clichés furent pratiqués immédiatement, pendant 2 secondes, à l'aide d'uo sériographe bi-plan, selon la technique de ping-pong, sans changer la position de la tête. L'examen ne ne nécessite que de petites quantités de contraste. La plupart des détails sont visibles immédiatement après l'injection et cette technique est la plus appropriée lorsqu'on recherche une lésion du IIIe ventricule, de l'aqueduc ou de la fosse postérieure, sans blocage complet de la circulation du liquide céphalorachidien.

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Es wird über 20 Untersuchungen berichtet, bei denen eine Conray Ventrikulographie mit gleichzeitiger seriographischer Technik in beiden Ebenen durchgeführt wurde. Sofort nach der Kontrastmittelinjektion durch den Katheter erfolgte die Seriographie. Nur geringe Kontrastmittel sind dabei notwendig. Kurze Zeit nach der Injektion sind alle wichtigen Abschnitte, wie z. B. 3. Ventrikel, Aquädukt und 4. Ventrikel gut sichtbar.

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Karle, A., Gjerris, F. Conray ventriculography carried out as seriography on a biplane serial changer. Neuroradiology 5, 145–149 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341530

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