Myelography of spinal block from epidural tumor: a new approach.

Computed tomography of spinal epidural hematoma.

Three cases of spinal epidural hematoma are presented. Computed tomography (CT) was the first diagnostic method used in two patients and demonstrated a surgically confirmed spinal epidural hematoma in both patients. In a third patient who presented with a complete block on myelography, CT was helpful in assessment of the extent of the lesion and suggested a vertebral hemangioma as the cause of ...

Early diagnosis and treatment of spinal epidural metastasis in breast cancer: a prospective study.

This prospective study evaluated the usefulness of myelography in breast cancer patients who present with radiculopathy or myelopathy. A total of 124 consecutive myelograms were performed in 100 patients. Epidural metastasis (EM) was diagnosed in 67 myelograms (54%). Multiple epidural metastases were diagnosed in 15 (22%) of those, resulting in a total of 87 epidural lesions. A complete block w...

CT in Myelography of Intraspinal Masses

Computed tomographic (CT) myelography subsequent to nonionic water-soluble contrast medium myelography has provided additional diagnostic information for evaluating intraspinal mass lesions. In 20 patients thus studied, there were eight intramedullary tumors, eight intradural extramedullary masses, and four extradural neoplasms. In intramedullary tumors CT enabled more precise delineation of th...

Fluoroscopy-guided Cephalic Angled Approach to the Spinal Canal for Myelography

The fat-cap sign: an aid to MR evaluation of extradural spinal tumors.

The use of MR imaging in the evaluation of spinal tumors has been well documented [1-4]. Once a mass is recognized , images in multiple planes and multiple signal sequences are used for better definition, especially of its location. For the most part, the same neuroradiologic criteria used in CT, conventional myelography, and CT-myelography are used for this purpose. This report describes a new...