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3258107

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
Gadolinium-DTPA was used in MR imaging of the spine to determine the ability of a contrast agent to increase the detection and characterization of disease in the intradural extramedullary space. Although MR imaging, especially with recent technological improvements, has been shown to be at least competitive with, and often superior to, myelography and postmyelography CT in the study of intramedullary and extradural disease, its use in the assessment of intradural extramedullary disease has been questioned. We selected 12 patients with intradural extramedullary disease as demonstrated by positive CSF cytology and/or myelographic findings and performed MR examinations on them before and after administering gadolinium-DTPA (0.1 mmol/kg). Gadolinium-DTPA was extremely effective in depicting intradural extramedullary disease of the spine. Small nodules of 3 mm, virtually invisible on noncontrast MR scans, enhanced strongly and were easily detected. In addition, leptomeningeal spread of tumor along nerve roots was also visualized, sometimes more readily than by myelography and postmyelography CT. The remarkable sensitivity of gadolinium-DTPA to intradural extramedullary disease assures its role in future MR examinations of the spine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0361-803X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
911-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Gadolinium-DTPA in the evaluation of intradural extramedullary spinal disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dept. of Medical Imaging, Ave., New York, NY 10021.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't