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A case is reported of methotrexate leukoencephalopathy presenting as an intracerebral rim-enhancing mass lesion of CT scan. The implications of this rare presentation of methotrexate leukoencephalopathy for therapy are discussed.
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Poskitt, K.J., Steinbok, P. & Flodmark, O. Methotrexate leukoencephalopathy mimicking cerebral abscess on CT brain scan. Child's Nerv Syst 4, 119–121 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271394
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