| Title | Methadone-Induced Toxic Leukoencephalopathy: MR Imaging and MR Proton Spectroscopy Findings. | | Author(s) | Salgado RA, Jorens PG, Baar I, Cras P, Hans G, Parizel PM | | Institution | Departments of Radiology, Critical Care Medicine, Neurology and Born Bunge Institute Faculty of Medicine,, and Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. | | Source | AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2009 Nov 5. | | Abstract | SUMMARY: We report the clinical, MR imaging, and proton MR spectroscopy findings in a middle-aged woman with proved methadone-induced toxic leukoencephalopathy. The imaging characteristics of this unusual condition have been reported only rarely in the medical literature. We show that the imaging findings in methadone-induced toxic leukoencephalopathy are similar, though not identical, to previously reported cases of neurologic deterioration due to heroin inhalation. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19892815 |
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