Methotrexate‐induced leukoencephalopathy presenting as stroke in the emergency department

Methotrexate‐induced leukoencephalopathy is to be considered as a potential etiology in any patient presenting with stroke‐like symptoms after receiving methotrexate. One of our cases suggests that the method of administration of the methotrexate can be IV or intrathecal and still results in leukoen...

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Autores principales: Cruz‐Carreras, Maria Teresa, Chaftari, Patrick, Shamsnia, Anna, Guha‐Thakurta, Nandita, Gonzalez, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1110
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author Cruz‐Carreras, Maria Teresa
Chaftari, Patrick
Shamsnia, Anna
Guha‐Thakurta, Nandita
Gonzalez, Carmen
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description Methotrexate‐induced leukoencephalopathy is to be considered as a potential etiology in any patient presenting with stroke‐like symptoms after receiving methotrexate. One of our cases suggests that the method of administration of the methotrexate can be IV or intrathecal and still results in leukoencephalopathy.
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spelling pubmed-56282052017-10-12 Methotrexate‐induced leukoencephalopathy presenting as stroke in the emergency department Cruz‐Carreras, Maria Teresa Chaftari, Patrick Shamsnia, Anna Guha‐Thakurta, Nandita Gonzalez, Carmen Clin Case Rep Case Reports Methotrexate‐induced leukoencephalopathy is to be considered as a potential etiology in any patient presenting with stroke‐like symptoms after receiving methotrexate. One of our cases suggests that the method of administration of the methotrexate can be IV or intrathecal and still results in leukoencephalopathy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5628205/ /pubmed/29026563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1110 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_short Methotrexate‐induced leukoencephalopathy presenting as stroke in the emergency department
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