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L Gozzoli

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PubMed1988

[Computerized tomography in surgically treated lumbar disk hernia. Multicenter study].

Results are reported of a multicenter analytic-statistical CT study on 128 postoperative lumbar herniated disk (HD) cases (50 at L4-L5, 64 at L5-S1, 2 at L3-L4, 12 multiple). CT was performed from 10 days to 204 months (47.7 months of mean) after surgery, in 51 patients without and in 77 with intravenous contrast medium (42 in bolus, 35 in perfusion). In 59 cases (38%) a recurrent hernia was found, and in 8% a new hernia. In 81% of patients epidural fibrous scars were demonstrated, in a rough 50% of cases associated with recurrent/new hernia: posterior fibrosis was found in 81% of cases, while unilaterally, bilaterally, or anteriorly extended fibroses were present in 20%, in 4.7%, and in 29% of cases respectively. In 72% of the patients injected with contrast medium, various kinds of fibrosis contrast enhancement were detected. In 8% neither fibrosis nor recurrent herniation was found. In 22% of cases lateral and/or central bony canal stenosis was present, in 26% vacuum disk, in 9% intracanalar calcifications, in 39% and in 19.5% dural sac stretching and compression respectively. In 5 cases a pseudomeningocele was found, and in 3 only a postoperative diskitis. Fibrosis is an almost inevitable postoperative consequence (4 out of 5 cases); it can be demonstrated by CT with high sensitivity and good specificity. A series of diagnostic criteria, such as the post-contrast media reaction, allow fibrosis to be discriminated from recurrent hernia. However, the possible association must be kept in mind of both diseases and/or of included roots in the scar. Myelography is hardly ever able to supply further resolutive diagnostic elements, while Myelo-CT is sometimes more useful. The importance of bone changes is questionable, with the exception of evident cases of canal stenosis, also because in most cases the radiologist cannot count on a preoperative CT study. Furthermore, the correlation between CT and clinical findings (possible asymptomatic fibrosis) is often difficult, which gives way to contrasting therapeutic attitudes.

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PubMed1987

A clinical, EEG and CT study in 21 cases of chronic respiratory failure.

A clinical, EEG and CT study was carried out on 21 patients with chronic stable respiratory failure. The neurological disturbances and mental deterioration observed were of a mild degree, and no severe alterations were detected at EEG. CT showed cerebral atrophy, but the type and prevalence did not differ substantially between patients studied and normal sex- and age-matched control subjects. The data gave evidence that in chronic stable respiratory failure cerebral function is only slightly affected.

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PubMed1987

Multiple meningiomas evaluated by computed tomography.

The authors report ten cases of multiple meningiomas in a series of 227 intracranial meningiomas from 1977 to 1984. The incidence of multiple meningiomas was 4.4% (according to Cushing and Eisenhardt's [1938] concept of "multiplicity" of such tumours). These results are comparable to those obtained by other authors. All patients were females and all underwent CT scan before operation. Clinical symptoms are presented along with location and size of the tumours. Pathogenetic theories and research prospects are discussed.

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PubMed1987

P300 and CT scan in patients with chronic schizophrenia.

Twenty chronic male schizophrenic subjects aged 30-50 years were examined by an auditory event-related potential procedure for the evaluation of the P300 component, a CT scan and a neuropsychological test battery. The P300 latency was increased and its amplitude was reduced. CT scan measures showed lateral and third ventricle enlargement, and there was a global neuropsychological impairment. Poor neuropsychological performances were consistently associated with delayed P300 latencies, but not with CT scan measures. Ventricular enlargement was more pronounced among subjects with a negative family history for major psychiatric disorders.

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PubMed1987

[CT study of the carpal tunnel. Normal anatomy].

The standard technique for CT investigation of the carpal tunnel and its normal anatomy were studied. Ten healthy asymptomatic volunteers, age 25-45, underwent wrist CT. The hand is placed in prone position with the third metacarpus in line with the radius. Digital radiograph and four axial CT scans are performed respectively: at the distal end of the radius, at the scaphoid tubercle level, at the hamate hook level and at the carpal-metacarpal joint. Standard carpal tunnel diameters are thus available with good reliability and repeatability when correct technique is adopted. The results permit a morphological description of the osseous walls, transverse ligament, flexor tendons with synovial sheets and median nerve. Gujon's canal and its content can also be investigated.

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PubMed1986

[Neuroradiology of spontaneous cerebral hematomas].

Computed Tomography plays a fundamental role in the diagnosis of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage, providing important informations relevant to prognosis and therapy. Therefore angiography should be planned on the basis of the CT finding and of some clinical data such as age, presence of risk factors, etc. Also the neurosurgical approach, besides clinical status, will depend on the neuroradiological evaluation.

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