Contrast-induced encephalopathy and permanent neurological deficit: A case report and literature review

CONCLUSION: According to the literature, many risk factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of CIE: we hypothesized that, among all of them, chronic hypertension and previous cerebral ischemic lesions were the most important in our case. Further studies are necessary to find the correlation between possible risk factors and neurotoxicity.PMID:34221604 | PMC:PMC8247688 | DOI:10.25259/SNI_44_2021

Source: Surgical Neurology International - July 5, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Paola Maria Francesca Cristaldi Alessandra Polistena Mirko Patassini Camilla de Laurentis Carlo Giussani Paolo Remida Source Type: research