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1Department of Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, Ohio, USA.
Abstract:
The central nervous system is often a site of spread for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL is often treated with ongoing intrathecal chemotherapy with the most common regimens including methotrexate and/or cytarabine. Uncommonly, intrathecal methotrexate has been associated with stroke-like symptoms. To the author's knowledge, we present the first reported case of a patient who developed symptoms more akin to bacterial meningitis than stroke-like symptoms as a consequence of intrathecal methotrexate chemotherapy.
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