Sinusography Direct

Direct sinusography (syn.: encephalography, encephaloscopy) is a method of x-ray examination of the brain and its membranes, based on illuminating them with x-rays. In direct S., a special oil solution containing barium sulfate or potassium iodide is injected into the meninges through a suboccipital puncture or suboccipitomeatal point. As a result, all the structures of the brain are clearly visible on the x-ray, which makes it possible to judge the condition of the meninges, brain vessels, as well as the presence of pathological changes in them.

S. is a valuable method for diagnosing meningitis, tumors, cerebral hemorrhages and other diseases. The disadvantages of the method include the limited use of it in infants and the inability to use it to study cerebral vessels and ventricles of the brain.

Sinusogram (sinography) refers to neuroimaging techniques (radiography of the skull) performed to study the structure and configuration of the ventricular system of the human brain. It is one of the ways to diagnose congenital and acquired brain diseases, such as arachnoid cysts, dropsy, ependymoma, hydrocephalus and others. This method can be used to determine how far a tumor has spread or increased in size after drug therapy. This is a non-invasive and non-physiological method that greatly expands the doctor’s ability to assess structural changes in the brain. Sinusography is most often prescribed to young children during the neonatal period and up to one year of life. It can be performed on patients over 5 years of age, but special conditions are often required to perform the procedure. In addition, the method allows you to see the features of the normal anatomical structure of the brain in the first week of development against the background of the absence of bones of the skull roof. Anomalies associated with impaired growth of brain tissue will become