Computed tomography of the brain stem with intrathecal metrizamide. Part II: lesions in and around the brain stem

Journal Article · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.140.3.565· OSTI ID:5350088

Mawad, M E; Silver, A J; Hilal, S K; Ganti, S R

The practical usefulness of computed tomography with intrathecal metrizamide in imaging the brain stem is illustrated in six examples where the lesions were misdiagnosed on intravenously enhanced computed tomography, angiography, or air study. Focal and diffuse atrophic changes of the brain stem were demonstrated in symptomatic patients where none of the other radiographic or clinical investigations were conclusive. Metrizamide computed tomography is probably the most sensitive method for imaging lesions in and around the brain stem and cerebellopontine angle.

• Research Organization: Neurological Inst., New York, NY
• OSTI ID: 5350088
• Journal Information: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Vol. 140:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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