Persistent neurological deficit from iodinated contrast encephalopathy following intracranial aneurysm coiling: A case report and review of the literature

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-41

  Leong, Sum ^a   Fanning, N F ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coiling; Contrast; Deficit; Interventional neuroradiology; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON EMBOLIZATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTENSION; IODINATED CONTRAST ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPASTICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84860003085     PISSN: 15910199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/159101991201800105     Document Type: Article

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