title: Brain MRI findings of carbon disulfide poisoning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the findings of brain MRI in patients with carbon disulfide poisoning.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-one patients who had suffered carbon disulfide poisoning [male:female=87:4; age, 32-74 (mean 53.3) years] were included in this study. To determine the extent of white matter hyperintensity (Grade 0-V) and lacunar infarction, T2-weighted MR imaging of the brain was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  T2-weighted images depicted white matter hyperintensity in 70 patients (76.9%) and lacunar infarcts in 27 (29.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In these patients, the prevalent findings at T2-weighted MR imaging of the brain were white matter hyperintensity and lacunar infarcts. Disturbance of the cardiovascular system by carbon disulfide might account for these results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wonjin Green Hospital and Kangwon National University Hospital, Chunchon, Kangwon-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Joo Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Sam Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Heon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Rok Ho
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Hyuk
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Mi Jung
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology*; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D002246:Carbon Disulfide / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D002246:Carbon Disulfide