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Poisoning from myelography
Identifier
002077
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
In the following a die [metrizamide] was injected into the base of her skull [posterior fossa] where the brainstem and reticular fromation are to be found. It affected her white blood cell count and affected the reticular formation enough to give her hallucinations
A description of the experience
Formed visual hallucinations after metrizamide myelography - Bachman DM
About 12 hours after 77-year-old woman underwent metrizamide myelography of the posterior fossa to elucidate the cause of downbeat nystagmus
She developed visual hallucinations consisting primarily of brightly colored geometric shapes, cloud formations, and human figures.
Her white blood cell count was 26,000/mm3 and her serum creatine phosphokinase level was markedly increased to 438 units/liter.
Two days later, the hallucinations had subsided, the white blood cell count had decreased to 17,000/mm3, and the serum creatine phosphokinase level had decreased to 105 units/liter