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Medication neurotoxicity in children.
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PMID:  21785849     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Medication neurotoxicity may have a variety of imaging manifestations in children. In this pictorial essay, we review the two most common brain injury patterns, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and acute toxic leukoencephalopathy (ATL). Proposed etiologies, salient features on neurological imaging, and methods for differentiating these entities and their implications will be discussed. Certain agents do not fall into these two broad patterns but instead characteristically involve central structures. We individually review several medications and their respective neurotoxic appearances including methotrexate, cyclosporine A, tacrolimus, metronidazole and vigabatrin. Diagnosis of medication neurotoxicity may be achieved by the combination of new-onset neurological deficits, recent initiation of a new therapy agent and distinctive findings on magnetic resonance imaging. Clinical and radiological improvement and/or resolution are frequently observed after the agent is discontinued.
Authors:
Ramesh S Iyer; Apeksha Chaturvedi; Sumit Pruthi; Paritosh C Khanna; Gisele E Ishak
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-23
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pediatric radiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1432-1998     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-7-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0365332     Medline TA:  Pediatr Radiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA, riyer@uw.edu.
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