Gadolinium encephalopathy due to accidental intrathecal administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine

J Neurol. 2007 Jun;254(6):810-2. doi: 10.1007/s00415-006-0439-x. Epub 2007 Apr 2.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Cognition Disorders / chemically induced
  • Cognition Disorders / physiopathology
  • Contrast Media / poisoning*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Overdose / pathology
  • Drug Overdose / physiopathology
  • Gadolinium / poisoning*
  • Gadolinium DTPA / poisoning*
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease / prevention & control
  • Injections, Spinal / adverse effects
  • Injections, Spinal / standards
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelography / adverse effects
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / etiology*
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / pathology
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / physiopathology
  • Subarachnoid Space / drug effects
  • Subarachnoid Space / physiopathology
  • Time
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / adverse effects

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Gadolinium
  • Gadolinium DTPA