title: Extensive cerebrospinal fluid enhancement with gadopentetate dimeglumine in a primitive neuroectodermal tumor.
abstract: We report a case of diffuse enhancement of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after intravenous administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine in an 8-year-old girl with a primitive neuroectodermal tumor. The enhancement of the CSF was caused by leakage of gadolinium chelate complexes into the CSF, which was proved by CSF analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Scott & White Clinic and Memorial Hospital, Texas A & M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple 76508, USA.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Naul
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finkenstaedt
mesh_terms: D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D018242:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA