can csf spectrophotometry for “xanthochromia” be used to detect leaking subarachnoid aneurysms in patients with sickle cell anemia with negative mri or ct angiogram despite hyperbilirubinemia?
;Wan Yung Siu;William Thomas;Rikin Trivedi;Alexandra Hogan;Umbareen Siddiqi;Anita Sarker;Martin Wolfgang Besser
mm 2018 - proceedings of the 2018 acm multimedia conference2020Vol. 8pp. 894-899
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siu2020clinicalcan
Abstract
Abstract CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid) xanthochromia by spectroscopy should not be dismissed in the context of hyperbilirubinemia in a patient with sickle cell anemia. Xanthochromia detected by spectrophotometry offers a vital clue that further invasive diagnosis is required.