Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography

Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography

Radionuclide cisternography is generally considered to be a safe procedure without significant neurological complications. However, in this report we present a patient who developed conus medullaris syndrome following radionuclide cisternography. A 46-year-old woman underwent lumbar puncture followe...

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Main Author: Jay Chol Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/201745
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spelling doaj-acf7b7a9ee9c452ea92a250528d42d552020-11-24T22:36:06ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66682090-66762014-01-01201410.1155/2014/201745201745Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide CisternographyJay Chol Choi0Department of Neurology, Jeju National University, Aran 13 gil 15, Jeju-si, Jeju-do 690-767, Republic of KoreaRadionuclide cisternography is generally considered to be a safe procedure without significant neurological complications. However, in this report we present a patient who developed conus medullaris syndrome following radionuclide cisternography. A 46-year-old woman underwent lumbar puncture followed by radionuclide cisternography with the diagnosis of hydrocephalus. After the cisternography, she developed voiding difficulty with perineal sensory loss. Lumbar MRI revealed a high signal intensity lesion on T2-weighted images at the level of conus medullaris. Considering its clinical course and MRI findings, a spinal cord infarction is highly suggested as a cause of the conus medullaris lesion in this patient.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/201745
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Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
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title Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography
title_short Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography
title_full Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography
title_fullStr Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography
title_full_unstemmed Conus Medullaris Syndrome following Radionuclide Cisternography
title_sort conus medullaris syndrome following radionuclide cisternography
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
issn 2090-6668
2090-6676
publishDate 2014-01-01
description Radionuclide cisternography is generally considered to be a safe procedure without significant neurological complications. However, in this report we present a patient who developed conus medullaris syndrome following radionuclide cisternography. A 46-year-old woman underwent lumbar puncture followed by radionuclide cisternography with the diagnosis of hydrocephalus. After the cisternography, she developed voiding difficulty with perineal sensory loss. Lumbar MRI revealed a high signal intensity lesion on T2-weighted images at the level of conus medullaris. Considering its clinical course and MRI findings, a spinal cord infarction is highly suggested as a cause of the conus medullaris lesion in this patient.
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