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[Gadolinium-DTPA as an oral contrast medium in magnetic resonance tomography].
- Source :
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Radiologia diagnostica [Radiol Diagn (Berl)] 1989; Vol. 30 (5), pp. 541-8. - Publication Year :
- 1989
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Abstract
- 80 patients with tumorous or inflammatory abdominal diseases were investigated with the paramagnetic MRT contrast medium Gadolinium-DTPA (Gd-DTPA, 1 mM, 15 g/l mannitol, 6-16 ml per kg body weight) at 0.5 Tesla with T1-, proton density and T2-weighted SE- and gradient-echo sequences. 53 patients were investigated also before the contrast medium was given. Gd-DTPA showed hyperintense labelling of the intestinal loops that was detectable with all excitation sequences and was constant over all phases of the passage. In 35 of the 53 patients investigated before and after application of Gd-DTPA lesions were better imaged while diagnostic improvements, especially for smaller lesions, were achieved in 5 of 80 patients. One third of the patients reported slight meteorism and diarrhoea after the mannitol-containing suspension.
- Subjects :
- Administration, Oral
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Digestive System Diseases diagnosis
Female
Gadolinium DTPA
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Organometallic Compounds administration & dosage
Pentetic Acid administration & dosage
Contrast Media administration & dosage
Gadolinium administration & dosage
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 0033-8354
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Radiologia diagnostica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2587719