Myelography is a type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium, such as iodised oil, injected into the cervical or lumbar spine to detect pathology of the spinal cord, including spinal cord injuries, cysts and tumors, historically followed by conventional x-ray imaging. The technique has largely been superseded by magnetic resonance imaging but remains useful for patients who cannot undergo an MRI scan, such as those with a pacemaker or a cochlear implant, and it is now typically performed with CT imaging rather than traditional x-ray projections.
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ical or lumbar spine, followed by several X-ray projections. Today, myelography has largely been replaced by the use of MRI scans, although the technique is still sometimes used under certain circumstances, though now usually in conjunction with CT rather than X-ray projections.
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