Ventriculitis after metrizamide lumbar myelography.
A 62-year-old man underwent lumbar metrizamide myelography complicated initially by a bout of aseptic chemical meningitis. Afterward, he suffered persistent headache, nausea, and blurred vision and, 12 weeks after his myelography, computed tomographic scans showed abnormalities consistent with a chronic ventriculitis. The case is presented; its pathological substrate and clinical implications are discussed.
D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008793:Metrizamide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008793:Metrizamide