Abstract:There are considerable variations in the reported incidence methotrexate-induced neurotoxicity in children with malignancies. The etiology of acute neurological deficit in pediatric patients with malignancies during polychemotherapy can be diverse: cerebrovascular disease (arterial ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, venous sinus thrombosis, or their combination), stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART), posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), thrombotic microangiopathy,… Show more
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