title: Toxic leukoencephalopathy with atypical MRI features following a lacquer thinner fire.
abstract: Toxic leukoencephalopathy is a structural alteration of the white matter following exposure to various toxic agents. We report a 49-year-old man exposed to an explosion of lacquer thinner with brain MRI features atypical from those of chronic toxic solvent intoxication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, 101 City Drive South, Route 140, Orange, CA 92868, USA.
authors.forename: Hung-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pare
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, 101 City Drive South, Route 140, Orange, CA 92868, USA. Electronic address: anhasso@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Anton N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Hasso
mesh_terms: D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D007764:Lacquer / Q000633:toxicity*; D056784:Leukoencephalopathies / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015208:Smoke Inhalation Injury / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Lacquer thinner; Magnetic resonance imaging; Toluene; Toxic leukoencephalopathy