Re: spinal tap

Alton (A.Ryder(AT)ix.netcom.com)
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 17:18:03 -0500

JHarper33(AT)aol.com wrote:
> the myelogram is used mainly to see if there
> are any bones structures that are interfering

Not just bone. Anything that alters the space
normally occupied by the fluid will affect the
shadow of the opaque dye. So it will show a
herniated disc, some cancers, some aneurisms,
any partitioning of upper and lower canal spaces,
and [I'm unsure.] a "cavitation" of the cord.

The most common of these is probably the disc.

Alton, who has had a few