Disruption of the blood-brain barrier caused by nonionic contrast medium used for abdominal angiography: CT demonstration.
We describe a case of disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) by nonionic, low osmolality contrast medium after abdominal angiography. One plausible explanation of this event is that acute hypertension during angiography may have increased the BBB permeability, allowing the contrast medium to leak across it.
Okazaki
H
H
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
Tanaka
K
K
Shishido
T
T
Nagase
H
H
Hoshino
M
M
Takebayashi
S
S
Endoh
O
O
Takamura
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; D006801:Humans; D007472:Iohexol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007472:Iohexol