Open AccessDiffusion‐weighted imaging characteristics of methotrexate‐induced acute encephalopathy
Author(s) -
Yoshimi Mayumi,
Abe Shoko
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1376
Subject(s) - medicine , leukoencephalopathy , encephalopathy , magnetic resonance imaging , methotrexate , radiology , complication , computed tomography
Key Clinical Message 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.