title: Incidental intrathecal injection of meglumine diatrizoate.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Myelograghy is a process of instilling contrast medium to the subarachnoid space for evaluating the spinal column by radiography. There are various contrast solutions for different radiographic studies but not all of them are suitable for spinal column evaluation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our patient was a 60-year-old man who developed severe pain, tonic clonic convulsions and cardiopulmonary arrest after intrathecal injection of 14 mL of meglumine diatrizoate during an elective myelography procedure. Many of these cases would die or suffer from permanent sequelae if appropriate treatment is not received.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our subject recovered completely without any sequelae after receiving appropriate treatment in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit.
authors.affiliation: Shiraz anesthesiology and critical care research center , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masjedi
authors.affiliation: Intensive care department , Iranian Hospital - Dubai , Dubai , UAE.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khosravi
authors.affiliation: Shiraz anesthesiology and critical care research center , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Golnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sabetian
authors.affiliation: Shiraz anesthesiology and critical care research center , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rahmanian
keywords: Contrast Media; Edema, Brain; Intracranial Pressure