Brain MRI findings of carbon disulfide poisoning.
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.
Cha
Joo Hee
JH
Department of Radiology, Wonjin Green Hospital and Kangwon National University Hospital, Chunchon, Kangwon-do, Korea.
Kim
Sam Soo
SS
Han
Heon
H
Kim
Rok Ho
RH
Yim
Sang Hyuk
SH
Kim
Mi Jung
MJ
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
D002246:Carbon Disulfide