A serial computerized tomographic study of the interval form of CO poisoning.
Serial computerized tomography (CT) was performed to quantitatively characterize cerebral changes in 1 case of the interval form of carbon monoxide poisoning. The patient was comatose for 2 days, regained consciousness for 8 days, and then developed akinetic mutism. During the remission period, a low-density area in the cerebral white matter was observed to enlarge progressively. These results suggest that the demyelination of the cerebral white matter progressed throughout the interval period. A correlation between changes in CT abnormalities and clinical presentation is described.
Hayashi
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Department of Neurology, Fujimikogen Hospital, Fujimi, Japan.
Hayashi
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Inoue
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Yanagisawa
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D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed