title: Isotopic cisternography and computerized tomography in chronic alcoholism with neurologic syndromes.
abstract: 20 cases of chronic alcoholism with neurologic syndromes were studied by means of both isotopic cisternography and brain CT scan. In 11 cases (55%) there was total reversal of CSF circulation and in a further 4 cases there was a mixed cisternographic pattern. Brain CT scan showed either cortical or subcortical atrophy or both. The magnitude of these findings seems peculiar to chronic alcoholism. Reduction of atrophy in serial CT scan is possible.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012711:Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D012711:Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated