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The CT pattern of bilateral and symmetrical round low density areas in the globi pallidi has been observed in a young man who attempted suicide by hanging. These CT abnormalities are similar to those described in other conditions such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, cyanide and methanol poisoning, hypoglycaemia, drowning and acute global central nervous system hypoperfusion. The findings appear to be correlated with acute cerebral hypoxia.
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Bianco, F., Floris, R. Computed tomography abnormalities in hanging. Neuroradiology 29, 297–298 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00451772
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00451772