Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1987
Abstract
Disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy is a rare syndrome of progressive neurologic deterioration seen most often in patients who have received central nervous system irradiation combined with intrathecal or systemic chemotherapy in the treatment or prophylaxis of various malignancies. Magnetic resonance imaging was more sensitive than computed tomography in detecting white matter abnormalities in the case of disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy reported here. Magnetic resonance imaging may be useful in diagnosing incipient white matter changes in disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy, thus permitting early, appropriate therapeutic modifications.
Volume
11
Issue
1
First Page
39
Last Page
43
ISSN
0149-936X
Published In/Presented At
Atlas, S. W., Grossman, R. I., Packer, R. J., Goldberg, H. I., Hackney, D. B., Zimmerman, R. A., & Bilaniuk, L. T. (1987). Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy. The Journal of computed tomography, 11(1), 39–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-936x(87)90031-2
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
3802878
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article