The lumbar puncture (or spinal tap, since many people use that term instead) led to a debilitating condition calleda cerebrospinal fluid leak,a spinal CSF leak. Cerebrospinal fluid is the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, contained by a connective tissue sheath called the dura mat...
Background: Direct access to the sphenoid lateral recess offers the best chance of sealing spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea caused by lateral sphenoid encephaloceles of the Sternberg canal defect. Method: We present a case of spontaneous left-sided sphenoid lat...
Intrathecal.For this type of chemotherapy, your doctor uses a needle or long-term catheter and port to inject medicine into the cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid surrounds your spinal cord and brain.Intrathecal chemotherapyis a good option for some brain cancers. ...
How useful is glucose detection in diagnosing cerebrospinal fluid leak? The rational use of CT and Beta-2 transferrin assay in detection of cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Asian J Surg. 2004;27(1):39Y42.Chan DT, Poon WS, Ip CP, Chiu PW, Goh KY. How useful is glucose detection in ...
(e.g., blood or cerebrospinal fluid specimens) or deep tissue specimens, and/or the presence of budding yeast, hyphae, or pseudo-hyphae; 2) histopathological examination of samples collected by needle aspiration or from a biopsy specimen showing hyphae or yeast with evidence of associated tissue...