TY - JOUR AU - Bosch, D.A. AB - Acta Neurochir ( Wien) (1998) 140: 98±99 Acta Neurochirurgica > Springer-Verlag 1998 Printed in Austria P. R. Schuurman1,3, J. D. Speelman1, B. W. Ongerboer de Visser2, and D. A. Bosch3 Departments of 1 Neurology, 2 Clinical Neurophysiology and 3 Neurosurgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Case Report Discussion In a 63-year-old male a left-sided thalamotomy was planned to Iohexol is widely used intrathecally as contrast suppress tremor of the right arm and leg due to Parkinson's disease medium for diagnostic procedures, most often in ( PD), which was refractory to dopaminergic medication. myelography. Positive contrast ventriculography is The pre-operative general clinical condition was unremarkable. still performed nowadays in stereotactic functional Neurological examination showed an alert and well-oriented patient. Cranial nerves, muscle strength, sensation, tendon re¯exes neurosurgery for accurate target localization, as MRI- and plantar responses were normal. There was rest-tremor of all scanning has the problem of image distortion, with an extremities, postural tremor of the arms, rigidity of the left arm inaccuracy of up to 8 mms [5]. and leg and a slightly slow gait without balance disturbance. Dia- Iohexol is a water-soluble non-ionic monomeric dochokinesis of the extremities was hypokinetic. Laboratory inves- tigations TI - Acute Encephalopathy after Iohexol Ventriculography in Functional Stereotaxy JF - Acta Neurochirurgica DO - 10.1007/s007010050065 DA - 1998-01-27 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/acute-encephalopathy-after-iohexol-ventriculography-in-functional-jb2UNJxQj0 SP - 98 EP - 99 VL - 140 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -