@article{ref1,
title="Brain MRI findings of nitrogen gas inhalation for suicide attempt: a case report",
journal="Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging",
year="2017",
author="Kim, Young-Eun and Lee, Donghoon and Kim, Minji and Hwang, Hokyoung",
volume="",
number="",
pages="264-268",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2384-1095",
doi="10.13104/imri.2017.21.4.264",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.13104/imri.2017.21.4.264"
}