Multiple subcortical haemorrhages following lumbar metrizamide myelography.
The case is presented of a patient showing multiple subcortical haemorrhages after lumbar metrizamide myelography. This complication after intrathecally administered metrizamide contrast medium appears not to have been reported before. Several different possible explanations are proposed for the phenomena observed in this case.
D001416:Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008793:Metrizamide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008793:Metrizamide