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Case Reports
. 1976 Aug;120(2):345-7.
doi: 10.1148/120.2.345.

Computed tomography: demonstration of contrast medium within cystic tumors

A V Messina, D G Potts, D Rottenberg, R H Patterson
Case Reports

Computed tomography: demonstration of contrast medium within cystic tumors

A V Messina et al. Radiology. 1976 Aug.

Abstract

Two cases demonstrated that intravenously injected contrast medium entered cystic lesions. It appears that both vascular opacification and transgression of the blood-brain barrier play major roles in contrast enhancement.

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