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KMID : 0858520170210040264
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Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2017 Volume.21 No. 4 p.264 ~ p.268
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Brain MRI Findings of Nitrogen Gas Inhalation for Suicide Attempt: a Case Report
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Kim Young-Eun
Lee Dong-Hoon
Kim Min-Ji
Hwang Ho-Kyoung
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Abstract
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South Korea has the highest reported suicide rate among all countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless and nontoxic gas. Nitrogen gas has, however, been recently used as a method of attempted suicide, its nontoxity notwithstanding. We herein report on an unusual case involving a 30-year-old male who presented with symptoms after a suicide attempt by nitrogen inhalation. Diffusion-weighted imaging of his brain was showed curvilinear high signal intensity in the bilateral frontal and right occipital cortices, with subtle low apparent diffusion coefficient value. In addition, T2-weighted images and fluid attenuated inversion recovery images revealed subtle high signal intensity in the bilateral frontal cortices, basal ganglia and occipital cortices with contrast enhancement.
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KEYWORD
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Nitrogen, Suicide, Magnetic resonance imaging
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