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Delayed Encephalopathy Following Carbon Monoxide Intoxication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

G.M. Sawa ,
C.P.N. Watson ,
K. Terbrugge  and
M. Chiu
G.M. Sawa*
Affiliation:
the Departments of Medicine (Neurology), Mississauga Hospital; and Radiology, Toronto Western Hospital
C.P.N. Watson
Affiliation:
the Departments of Medicine (Neurology), Mississauga Hospital; and Radiology, Toronto Western Hospital
K. Terbrugge
Affiliation:
the Departments of Medicine (Neurology), Mississauga Hospital; and Radiology, Toronto Western Hospital
M. Chiu
Affiliation:
the Departments of Medicine (Neurology), Mississauga Hospital; and Radiology, Toronto Western Hospital
*
3025 Hurontario Street, Suite 505, Mississauga, Ontario, L5A 2H7, Canada
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The case history and CT scan of a patient with delayed encephalopathy following carbon monoxide intoxication are described. The patient recovered.

The CT scan revealed symmetrical areas of decreased density at the level of the globus pallidus. This case differs in several ways from other cases of carbon monoxide intoxication in which abnormalities of the CT scan were found.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 77 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1981

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