Severe encephalopathy caused by intraparenchymal methotrexate instillation due to the design of the catheter

Med Pediatr Oncol. 2003 Nov;41(5):491-2. doi: 10.1002/mpo.10117.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Child, Preschool
  • Equipment Failure
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intraventricular / adverse effects*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Medulloblastoma / diagnosis
  • Medulloblastoma / drug therapy
  • Methotrexate / adverse effects*
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / etiology*
  • Primary Prevention / methods
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Methotrexate