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Neuroimaging of scuba diving injuries to the CNS.

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Warren, LP; Djang, WT; Moon, RE; Camporesi, EM; Sallee, DS; Anthony, DC; Massey, EW; Burger, PC; Heinz, ER
Published in: AJR Am J Roentgenol
November 1988

Diving accidents related to barotrauma constitute a unique subset of ischemic insults to the CNS. Victims may demonstrate components of arterial gas embolism, which has a propensity for cerebral involvement, and/or decompression sickness, with primarily spinal cord involvement. Fourteen patients with diving-related barotrauma were studied with MR imaging of the brain and spinal cord and with CT of the brain. In four patients with presumed cerebral gas embolism, cranial MR was abnormal in three patients while CT was abnormal in only one. Twelve patients had decompression sickness and spinal cord symptoms. MR documented spinal cord abnormalities in three patients. However, scans obtained early in our study were frequently limited by technical constraints. MR of the brain is more sensitive than conventional CT scanning techniques in detecting and characterizing foci of cerebral ischemia caused by embolic barotrauma to the CNS. Although spinal MR may be less successful in the localization of spinal cord lesions related to decompression sickness, these lesions were previously undetectable by other neuroimaging methods.

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AJR Am J Roentgenol

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ISSN

0361-803X

Publication Date

November 1988

Volume

151

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1003 / 1008

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Embolism, Air
  • Diving
 

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Warren, L. P., Djang, W. T., Moon, R. E., Camporesi, E. M., Sallee, D. S., Anthony, D. C., … Heinz, E. R. (1988). Neuroimaging of scuba diving injuries to the CNS. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 151(5), 1003–1008. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.151.5.1003
Warren, L. P., W. T. Djang, R. E. Moon, E. M. Camporesi, D. S. Sallee, D. C. Anthony, E. W. Massey, P. C. Burger, and E. R. Heinz. “Neuroimaging of scuba diving injuries to the CNS.AJR Am J Roentgenol 151, no. 5 (November 1988): 1003–8. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.151.5.1003.
Warren LP, Djang WT, Moon RE, Camporesi EM, Sallee DS, Anthony DC, et al. Neuroimaging of scuba diving injuries to the CNS. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1988 Nov;151(5):1003–8.
Warren, L. P., et al. “Neuroimaging of scuba diving injuries to the CNS.AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol. 151, no. 5, Nov. 1988, pp. 1003–08. Pubmed, doi:10.2214/ajr.151.5.1003.
Warren LP, Djang WT, Moon RE, Camporesi EM, Sallee DS, Anthony DC, Massey EW, Burger PC, Heinz ER. Neuroimaging of scuba diving injuries to the CNS. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1988 Nov;151(5):1003–1008.

Published In

AJR Am J Roentgenol

DOI

ISSN

0361-803X

Publication Date

November 1988

Volume

151

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1003 / 1008

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Embolism, Air
  • Diving