Lumbopleural Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Assessment With Tc-99m DTPA Scintigraphy

Lumbopleural shunts are occasionally required in the treatment of hydrocephalus when more commonly used shunts fail. Patency of a lumbopleural shunt can be confirmed with scintigraphy after subarachnoid instillation of Tc-99m DTPA by lumbar puncture, as illustrated in the presented case.

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1997-10, Vol.22 (10), p.708-708
Main Authors: BOZORGI, FARSHID, CONNOLLY, LEONARD P, TREVES, S TED
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - instrumentation
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - methods
Child
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
Hydrocephalus - surgery
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Pleura
Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
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Summary:Lumbopleural shunts are occasionally required in the treatment of hydrocephalus when more commonly used shunts fail. Patency of a lumbopleural shunt can be confirmed with scintigraphy after subarachnoid instillation of Tc-99m DTPA by lumbar puncture, as illustrated in the presented case.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199710000-00012