title: Vasogenic edema in striatum following ingestion of glufosinate-containing herbicide.
abstract: Glufosinate-ammonium (GLA) is a broad-spectrum herbicide used worldwide. We report a patient who attempted suicide by ingesting a liquid herbicide containing GLA. A diffusion-weighted MRI showed cytotoxic edema in the hippocampus as well as vasogenic edema in the striata. To our knowledge, vasogenic edema caused by GLA-containing herbicide involving the striatum has not been reported in association with cytotoxic edema in the hippocampus. We assume that this herbicide affected the central nervous system via different mechanisms to produce both cytotoxic and vasogenic edema in the same patient.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Kangwon-do, Korea.
authors: Hui-Young
authors: HY
authors: Lee
authors: Seo-Young
authors: SY
authors: Song
authors: Seung-Hwan
authors: SH
authors: Lee
authors: Seo-Young
authors: SY
authors: Lee
authors: Sung-Hun
authors: SH
authors: Kim
authors: Sook-Won
authors: SW
authors: Ryu
mesh_terms: D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000506:poisoning*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006540:Herbicides / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; D006540:Herbicides; C003121:phosphinothricin