Kwan W W, Kwi N K, Chye L E
J Neurosurg. 1977 Mar;46(3):391-3. doi: 10.3171/jns.1977.46.3.0391.
A case of Pantopaque pulmonary embolism during myelography is presented. All reported cases of venous intravasation of Pantopaque have been associated with traumatic lumbar tap, and a mechanism whereby a bloody lumbar tap causes venous intravasation and hence Pantopaque pulmonary embolism during myelography is postulated.