Cauda equina lesion due to thorotrast
Freilich, D.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 13(3): 283-284
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 6314961 Document Number: 216927
Thorotrast (Thorium dioxide) has been used in the past as a radiological contrast medium. Its use resulted in serious side-effects, often after a delay of many years. There was an increased incidence of tumours and blood dyscrasias. Meningeal fibrosis, hydrocephalus and progressive lesions of the cauda equina have followed its injection into the sub-arachnoid spaces. A patient with such a cauda equina lesion is reported.