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Additional Diagnostic Value of Conebeam CT Myelography Performed after Digital Subtraction Myelography for Detecting CSF-Venous Fistulas

Ajay A. Madhavan, Niklas Lutzen, Jeremy K. Cutsforth-Gregory, Wouter I. Schievink, Michelle L. Kodet, Ian T. Mark, Pearse P. Morris, Steven A. Messina, John T. Wald and Waleed Brinjikji
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2025, 46 (5) 1044-1049; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8535
Ajay A. Madhavan
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (A.A.M., M.L.K., I.T.M., P.P.M., S.A.M., J.T.W., W.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Niklas Lutzen
cDepartment of Neurology (N.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Jeremy K. Cutsforth-Gregory
bDepartment of Neuroradiology (J.K.C.-G.), University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Delaware
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Wouter I. Schievink
dCedars-Sinai Medical Center (W.I.S.), Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, California
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Michelle L. Kodet
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (A.A.M., M.L.K., I.T.M., P.P.M., S.A.M., J.T.W., W.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Ian T. Mark
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (A.A.M., M.L.K., I.T.M., P.P.M., S.A.M., J.T.W., W.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Pearse P. Morris
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (A.A.M., M.L.K., I.T.M., P.P.M., S.A.M., J.T.W., W.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Steven A. Messina
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (A.A.M., M.L.K., I.T.M., P.P.M., S.A.M., J.T.W., W.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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John T. Wald
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (A.A.M., M.L.K., I.T.M., P.P.M., S.A.M., J.T.W., W.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Waleed Brinjikji
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (A.A.M., M.L.K., I.T.M., P.P.M., S.A.M., J.T.W., W.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Additional Diagnostic Value of Conebeam CT Myelography Performed after Digital Subtraction Myelography for Detecting CSF-Venous Fistulas
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