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Disruption of the blood-brain barrier caused by nonionic contrast medium used for abdominal angiography: CT
H Okazaki1, K Tanaka, T Shishido
1Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|September 1, 1989
Abstract:
We describe a case of disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) by nonionic, low osmolality contrast medium after abdominal angiography. One plausible explanation of this event is that acute hypertension during angiography may have increased the BBB permeability, allowing the contrast medium to leak across it.