MR Changes after Acute Cyanide Intoxication

• Published in: American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 1398 - 1401
• Main Authors: Rachinger, Johanna, Fellner, Franz A, Stieglbauer, Karl, Trenkler, Johannes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oak Brook, IL Am Soc Neuroradiology 01.09.2002; American Society of Neuroradiology
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Brain; Brain - pathology; Brain Diseases - chemically induced; Brain Diseases - pathology; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical sciences; Parkinson Disease, Secondary - chemically induced; Parkinson Disease, Secondary - pathology; Potassium Cyanide - poisoning; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted; Case study; Human; Central nervous system; Sensorimotor cortex; Medical imagery; Exploration; Cyanides; Poisoning; Basal ganglion; Suicide; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Necrosis

We describe MR changes that occurred 3 and 6 weeks after a suicide attempt with cyanide. The toxicity of cyanide causes damage, primarily to the basal ganglia, and those changes were visible as altered signal intensity on the first MR images. Extensive areas of hemorrhagic necrosis were seen 6 weeks...