TIL before CT and MRI’s were available, doctors used to replace the fluid in and around the brain with air to do imaging with X-rays.
TIL before CT and MRI’s were available, doctors used to replace the fluid in and around the brain with air to do imaging with X-rays.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1779005
Apparently this was done because air captures less X-rays than CSF and thus creates more contrast with brain tissue compared to the cerebrospinal fluid.
Unfortunately this was pretty painful and uncomfortable.
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Well that just sounds awful. What’s not clear is how CSF gets back in there. Do they replace it or let the body figure it out on its own?
5 0 ReplyNot sure to be honest but i’m guessing that enough would be left and that the air would resorb and new CSF would be made in the ventricles.
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