In 1980 Jones published a case report in the journal Anaesthesia, of iophendylate-induced encephalopathy causing post-operative convulsions. ([1])
Greenberg and Vance, published in the Lancet, described focal seizures resulting from iophendylate myelography. ([2])
Mooij ([3]), looking at 63 patients with arachnoiditis, commented:
"The most important aetiological factor was the combination of one or more myelographies with one or more operations".
I note that a paper was published ([4]) describing ureteropelvic junction obstruction resulting from percutaneous intracystic iophendylate injection; obviously the toxic effects of the dye were not restricted to the delicate tissues of the CNS.
Iophendylate was also being used intracranially to treat arteriovenous malformations.
Cromwell and Harris ([5]) used direct injection of a 50% mixture of bucrylate and iophendylate into the feeding arteries supplying the area.
[1] Jones DF Anaesthesia 1980 Jan; 35(1): 50-6 Postoperative convulsions due to iophendylate (Myodil). Report of a case and review of the causes of postoperative convulsions.
[2] Greenberg MK, Vance SC. Lancet. 1980 Feb 9; 1(8163): 312-3. Focal seizure disorder complicating iodophendylate myelography.
[3] Mooij JJ Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1980; 53(3-4): 151-60 Spinal arachnoiditis: disease or coincidence?
[4] Camacho MF, Bondhus MJ, Carrion HM, Lockhart JL, Politano VA. J Urol 1980 Nov; 124(5): 713-4 Ureteropelvic junction obstruction resulting from percutaneous cyst puncture and intracystic iophendylate injection: an unusual complication.
[5] Cromwell LD, Harris AB. J Neurosurg 1980 May; 52(5): 705-8 Treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations: a combined neurosurgical and neuroradiological approach.
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