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Scanning of the Spinal Subarachnoid Space After Intrathecal Injection of ¹³¹I Labeled Human Serum Albumin¹

Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Denver, Colorado

Correspondence: ⁴ Reprint requests are to be directed to Dr. Brown.

ABSTRACT

The technique of myeloscintigraphy after intrathecal instillation of radioactive iodinated human serum albumin has been used on 16 patients. The procedure is considered to be safe. With the newer and more efficient scanning equipment now in wide use, sufficient clarity and detail can be obtained to demonstrate relatively small lesions involving the subarachnoid space of the spinal canal. Myeloscintigraphy does not reach the quality and detailed information of contrast myelography, but is a useful screening method for the localization of intraspinal lesions which in some diagnostic problems will give the answer needed.

FOOTNOTES

¹ From the Medical Division, Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, under contract with the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

² Present address: 68 Mannheim, Kleestrasse 10, West Germany.

³ Present address: Section of Nuclear Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80220.