Methotrexate induced seizures associated with acute reversible magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1333-1336

  Rao, Ravi D ^a   Swanson, Jerry W ^b   DeJesus, Ramona S ^a   Hunt, Christopher H ^b   Tefferi, Ayalew ^a  

^a Division of Hematology and Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Methotrexate; MRI; Neurotoxicity; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; DAUNORUBICIN; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MENINX; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPARAGINASE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DAUNORUBICIN; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LEUKEMIA, PRE-B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035992317     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190290026402     Document Type: Article

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