PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kretzschmar, K
AU  - Nix, W
AU  - Zschiedrich, H
AU  - Philipp, T
TI  - Morphologic cerebral changes in patients undergoing dialysis for renal failure.
DP  - 1983 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 439--441
VI  - 4
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/3/439.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/3/439.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1983 May 01; 4
AB  - Cranial computed tomographic examinations were performed on 22 patients before and after hemodialysis, and on 11 of those patients 8 months later. In 11 cases widening of the cerebrospinal fluid spaces due to brain atrophy was recognizable. Density measurements disclosed decreased absorption of cerebral parenchyma after dialysis in 73% of the cases. This finding is partly explained by cerebral edema or hydration, although the necessary contemporaneous narrowing of cerebrospinal fluid spaces existed in only six patients (27%). Long-term follow-up studies have not displayed any realizable changes in results. Finally, despite striking computed tomographic findings and alterations after dialysis, only mild neurologic symptoms or disequilibrium syndromes have been registered.