Computed axial brain tomography in long-term benzodiazepine users.
Twenty patients who had taken long-term benzodiazepines were submitted to brain CT scan examinations. Some scans appeared abnormal. The mean ventricular/brain area measured by planimetry was increased over mean values in an age- and sex-matched group of control subjects but was less than that in a group of alcoholics. There was no significant relationship between CT scan appearances and the duration of benzodiazepine therapy. The clinical significance of the findings is unclear.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines