Mistaken for residual oil contrast medium metallic foreign bodies within the lumbar spinal canal in 1 case.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Mistaken for residual oil contrast medium metallic foreign bodies within the lumbar spinal canal in 1 case Of: l Cuihong Peng Hou Li Zhang Yan Yuen Dick WANG Yi Zhou Bai Xuedong Wu Shuhua Lin Jianning groups Zhao Cheng [Keywords:] oil contrast agent residual metallic foreign bodies within the lumbar spinal canal Misdiagnosis 70 20th century non-ionic water-soluble contrast agent in the invention, the main use of oil myelography contrast agent [1]. As non-ionic water-soluble contrast agents on spinal cord stimulation with a small, easy to absorb, without taking the advantages of angiography, It gradually replaced the oil contrast agent. this process in China to be postponed for several years, the 20th century, some hospitals are still using the 90 oil imaging [2], in recent years have been rare. on the imaging findings of residual oil gradually unfamiliar misdiagnosed as other disorders [1]. Our line of contact with one case 15 years ago, oil myelography in patients with early figures based on lumbar spine X-ray (Digital Radiography, DR) will be misdiagnosed as spinal residual contrast agent within the metal foreign body, MRI examination was misdiagnosed as spinal lipoma. After review by the supine dynamic DR tablets, residual contrast agent dispersed into several oval-shaped droplets, after review of the literature confirm the diagnosis. This article shall be reported. 1 disease patients Female patients, aged 71. The right low back pain with bowel and bladder dysfunction, 15 years, adding to our hospital 1 year ago Zengyin .15 unexpected obstacle to the right leg pain and bowel and bladder control in a local hospital for lumbar spine imaging (the original image information has been lost), a diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis, giving bed rest, fluids, and other symptomatic treatment, low back pain relief after discharge, but no improvement in bowel and bladder disorders. After persistent symptoms, the symptoms continued to