The Effect of Steroids on the Extravascular Distribution of Radiographic Contrast Material and Technetium Pertechnetate in Brain Tumors as Determined by Computed Tomography
- 1 May 1976
- journal article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 119 (2) , 471-474
- https://doi.org/10.1148/119.2.471
Abstract
The effect of dexamethasone on the accumulation of iothalamate and 99mTc pertechnetate in cerebral tumors was investigated in 6 patients over a five-month period. Patients were examined by x-ray (transmission) computed tomography (CT) and by radionuclide (emission) computed tomography (RCT) prior to and during a course of dexamethasone therapy. Steroids diminished the degree of accumulation of both agents but did not change the boundaries of their distribution.Keywords
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