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- Alfonso Cerase, Sara Leonini, Matteo Bellini, Giuseppe Chianese, and Carlo Venturi.
- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy. alfonsocerase@aliceposta.it
- J Neuroimaging. 2011 Jul 1; 21 (3): 283-6.
Background And PurposeEffects of methadone misuse have been rarely described. The purpose of this case report is to increase the knowledge of methadone-related leukoencephalopathy.MethodsWe report the long-term follow-up by brain magnetic resonance imaging including isotropic diffusion-weighted imaging and mean apparent diffusion coefficient values of a 49-year-old patient who attempted suicide by intravenous methadone.Results And ConclusionsLesion pattern included subtle cerebellar involvement, mainly reversible extensive bilateral and symmetric brain involvement, cystic degeneration in the periventricular regions, sparing of corpus callosum and subcortical U-fibers, development of diffuse brain atrophy, and clear-cut clinical improvement.© 2010 by the American Society of Neuroimaging.
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