Abstract
Catheter placement for blood brain-barrier disruption and enhanced chemotherapy delivery can sometimes trigger arterial spasm of moderate-to- severe degree. A slow infusion of a small quantity of intraarterially administered mannitol (10 mL of 25% mannitol) was evaluated as a means to obtain a rapid resolution of catheter placement-induced spasm. We prospectively report 12 consecutive cases of blood brain-barrier disruption among patients who developed catheter placement-induced spasm that was treated by this means without side effects, resulting in rapid resolution of spasm.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 968-970 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American Journal of Neuroradiology |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Clinical Neurology