CT OF THE BRAIN IN ACUTE CARBON-MONOXIDE INTOXICATION - CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES AND PROGNOSIS

  • 1 January 1985
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 6  (5) , 739-742
Abstract
Of 60 patients with acute carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication caused by accidental or intentional inhalation of natural gas, smoke inhalation, or inhalation of automobile exhaust, 23 had characteristic computed tomographic findings. The most common finding, seen in 21 patients, was symmetric and diffuse low density in the cerebral white matter, which was more advanced in the centrum semiovale and varied in degree from slight to severe. In 18 patients, there was a symmetric, bilateral, round low-density lesion in the globus pallidus. The size of this lesion varied from small (limited to the globus pallidus) to large (extension to the internal capsule). Of the 23 patients, 6 made a good recovery, 4 recovered with some disabilities, 8 remained in a vegetative state, and 5 died. The prognosis depended on the severity of the cerebral white-matter changes and not on the size of the low-density lesion of the globus pallidus.

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