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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 522-523 |
Fatal Metronidazole-Induced Encephalopathy
Jaechun Hwang, Mi-Yeon Eun
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
| Date of Web Publication | 15-May-2020 |
Correspondence Address:
Mi-Yeon Eun
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, 807 Hoguk-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41404
Republic of Korea
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.284372
How to cite this article:
Hwang J, Eun MY. Fatal Metronidazole-Induced Encephalopathy. Neurol India 2020;68:522-3 |
A 36-year-old man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and anal cancer developed One week of slurred speech and disorientation followed by unconsciousness. He had been taking a three month of metronidazole (500 mg three times daily) for anal cancer-related infection. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed lesions for typical full-blown metronidazole-induced encephalopathy involving bilateral frontal cortex, subcortical white matter, putamen, corpus callosum, midbrain, pons, dorsal medulla, and cerebellar dentate nuclei [Figure 1].[1] He died despite three days of conservative treatment. Although it is usually reversible, metronidazole-induced encephalopathy can be fatal in immunocompromised patients with long-term use of metronidazole therapy.[2] | Figure 1: Diffusion-weighted MRI. Diffusion-weighted MRI revealed bilateral symmetric hyperintense lesions involving frontal cortex (a), subcortical white matter (b and c), putamen, corpus callosum (d), red nucleus, tegmentum, and tectum of midbrain (e), superior olivary nuclei and tegmentum of pons, dorsal medulla, and cerebellar dentate nuclei (f)
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