Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions
The “Hyperdense Paraspinal Vein” Sign: A Marker of CSF-Venous Fistula
P.G. Kranz, T.J. Amrhein, W.I. Schievink, I.O. Karikari and L. Gray
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2016, 37 (7) 1379-1381; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4682
P.G. Kranz
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (P.G.K., T.J.A., L.G.)
T.J. Amrhein
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (P.G.K., T.J.A., L.G.)
W.I. Schievink
cDepartment of Neurosurgery (W.I.S.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
I.O. Karikari
bNeurosurgery (I.O.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
L. Gray
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (P.G.K., T.J.A., L.G.)

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- Received October 28, 2015
- Accepted after revision December 4, 2015
- Published online July 14, 2016.
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- aFrom the Departments of Radiology (P.G.K., T.J.A., L.G.)
- bNeurosurgery (I.O.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
- cDepartment of Neurosurgery (W.I.S.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
- Please address correspondence to Peter G. Kranz, MD, Department of Radiology, DUMC Box 3808, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; e-mail: peter.kranz{at}duke.edu; @PeterGKranz
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