Diffusion‐weighted imaging characteristics of methotrexate‐induced acute encephalopathy

Methotrexate (MTX)‐induced encephalopathy is a grave complication in patients with malignancies. The early diagnosis of acute encephalopathy was difficult by conventional computed tomography (CT), and T1‐ or T2‐weighted magnet resonance (MR) imaging. We report that the diffusion‐weighted (DW) imagin...

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Autores principales: Yoshimi, Mayumi, Abe, Shoko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5838264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29531719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1376
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Sumario:Methotrexate (MTX)‐induced encephalopathy is a grave complication in patients with malignancies. The early diagnosis of acute encephalopathy was difficult by conventional computed tomography (CT), and T1‐ or T2‐weighted magnet resonance (MR) imaging. We report that the diffusion‐weighted (DW) imaging is useful for early detection of acute leukoencephalopathy.

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