Cerebral venous thrombosis after myelography with iopamidol.
A young man developed intracranial hypertension immediately after myelography with non-ionic water-soluble contrast medium (iopamidol). Cerebral angiography showed extensive cerebral venous thrombosis. The common causes of thrombophlebitis were excluded. A relationship to the contrast medium was strongly suspected, since a similar case has been reported. The rheological properties and haemo-concentration induced by iopamidol could explain this complication.
Brugeilles
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Service de Neurologie A, Hôpital Larrey, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire d'Angers, France.
Pénisson-Besnier
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Pasco
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A
Oillic
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Lejeune
P
P
Mercier
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P
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis
D003287:Contrast Media; D007479:Iopamidol