Convulsions and intracranial calcifications in a leukemic infant receiving only intrathecal methotrexate as central nervous system prophylaxis

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1987;4(3):269-72. doi: 10.3109/08880018709141277.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Asparaginase / administration & dosage
  • Brain Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Calcinosis / chemically induced*
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Injections, Spinal
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Methotrexate / adverse effects*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy*
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Remission Induction
  • Seizures / chemically induced*
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Vincristine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Asparaginase
  • Prednisone
  • Methotrexate