title: Clinical experience with the intravenous infusion of iodinated contrast material as an adjunct to computed tomography.
abstract: The intravenous infusion of iodinated contrast material is an important adjunct to computed tomography with a wide variety of lesions. Some arteriovenous malformations, metastatic lesions and tumors of the sella turcica and cerebellopontine angle which are undetectable by conventional computed tomography may be visualized by this method. Certain other metastatic lesions, primary tumors, abscesses and infarcts which are detectable in the preinfusion tomogram become better defined following infusion. The indications for this examination and the procedures involved are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D003973:Diatrizoate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008581:Meningitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012658:Sella Turcica; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003973:Diatrizoate