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    Neuroradiology. 1999 Feb;41(2):134-6.

    Leukoencephalopathy complicating an Ommaya reservoir and chemotherapy.

    Stone JA, Castillo M, Mukherji SK.

    Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 27599-7510, USA. jeff_stone@med.unc.edu

    We describe the imaging findings in an unusual case of biopsy-proven, methotrexate-induced leukoencephalopathy complicating a malfunctioning Ommaya reservoir in a patient with lymphoma.

    PMID: 10090607 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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