title: Ventriculography with metrizamide.
abstract: In 77 patients 85 ventriculographies were performed with metrizamide (Amipaque). No severe complications occurred. The diagnostic accuracy in lesions affecting the midline structures is excellent. However, the rapid passage of the medium from the ventricular system in cases with slight obstructions or small lesions requires a scrupulous technique to enable an exact diagnosis. Due to the difficulty in differentiating between intra- and extra-cerebral location of an expansivity, encephalography should be performed as the first examination whenever possible.
mesh_terms: D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008793:Metrizamide
chemical_list: D008793:Metrizamide