title: Transient hypodensity on CT scan during hypoglycemia.
abstract: A diabetic patient became hypoglycemic with right hemiparesis during a contrast-enhanced CT scan. The scan showed a nonenhancing hypodensity in the left internal capsule, that disappeared the following day after treatment with glucose. This is consistent with experimental models that show selective vulnerability of various brain regions to hypoglycemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Metropolitan Hospital, New York Medical College, NY 10029.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Koppel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daras
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed