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Case Reports
. 1996 Oct;6(4):256-8.
doi: 10.1111/jon199664256.

Spinal myoclonus following intrathecal administration of diatrizoate meglumine

M C Sam  1 , L Gutmann
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Case Reports

Spinal myoclonus following intrathecal administration of diatrizoate meglumine

M C Sam et al. J Neuroimaging. 1996 Oct.

Abstract

Life-threatening myoclonus developed in a patient following inadvertent intrathecal usage of 60% diatrizoate meglumine. Rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria occurred. The patient was successfully treated with midazolam and vecuronium and complete recovery occurred.

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