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A member asked:
Is there anything less invasive than a myleogram to find a spinal fluid leak? my brain mri shows brain sag?
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CSF leak: There are other clues from MRI besides brain "sag" towards spinal leak, but the more specific answer depends on your symptoms (their relation to position) and where the leak is suspected to exist. There is a nuclear test, but that is just as invasive as a myelogram, as the tracer (or dye in the case of myelogram) has to be injected into the spinal nerve sac to attempt to demonstrate leakage.
Answered 12/3/2020
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Decisions: Real question is yield of study. Do we get location of leak and if so, a way to reverse. Spend time discussing with radiology
Answered 12/2/2020
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