Nuclear machine studies
Indication:
- inactive intermittent, small/questionable CFS leak
- Leaks not revealed by CT cysternography.
- Detect presence rather than precise localization.
- Radio isotopes introduced in CSF by Lumbar Puncture /suboccipital to determine its distribution
- Localization may be improved by introducing pledgets into the different region of the nose and examining these with a gamma counter.
Different agents used in diffusion weighted MRI are:
- RAI-131
- RA iodinated serum Albumin(RISA)
- Ytterbium 169
- Diethylenetriamine penta acetic acid (DTPA)
- indium 11 -DTPA
- Tc-99m
