Central nervous system involvement in n-hexane polyneuropathy demonstrated by MRI and proton MR spectroscopy

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Jul;113(6):493-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.01.008. Epub 2011 Feb 23.

Authors

A Hashizume¹, H Koike, Y Kawagashira, H Banno, K Suzuki, M Ito, M Katsuno, H Watanabe, F Tanaka, S Naganawa, R Kaneko, A Ishii, G Sobue

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.

PMID: 21349632
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.01.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Brain / pathology
Central Nervous System Diseases / chemically induced
Central Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
Central Nervous System Diseases / pathology*
Female
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Hexanes / poisoning*
Humans
Inhalant Abuse / complications*
Inhalant Abuse / pathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Middle Aged
Neurologic Examination
Neurotoxicity Syndromes / complications*
Neurotoxicity Syndromes / pathology*
Polyneuropathies / chemically induced
Polyneuropathies / complications*
Polyneuropathies / pathology*
Sural Nerve / pathology

Substances

Hexanes
n-hexane