Toxic leukoencephalopathy (mnemonic)
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A mnemonic to remember the more common causes of toxic leukoencephalopathy is:
CHOICES1
Mnemonic
C: chemotherapy (e.g. methotrexate)
H: heroin
O:
otherother opioidsI: immunosuppressant drugs or imidazole
C: cocaine
E: ethanol or environmental (e.g.carbon monoxide)
S:
splenialsplenial lesions (reversible secondary to: CLOCCs,antiepileptic drugsantiseizure medications, chemotherapy, immunosuppressant drugs, etc.)
-<p>A <strong>mnemonic</strong> to remember the more common causes of <a href="/articles/toxic-leukoencephalopathy">toxic leukoencephalopathy</a> is:</p><ul><li>-<strong>CHOICES</strong> <sup>1</sup>-</li></ul><h4>Mnemonic</h4><ul>-<li>-<strong>C: </strong>chemotherapy (e.g. <a href="/articles/methotrexate-related-leukoencephalopathy">methotrexate</a>)</li>-<li>-<strong>H:</strong> <a href="/articles/heroin-induced-leukoencephalopathy">heroin</a>-</li>-<li>-<strong>O:</strong> other opioids</li>-<li>-<strong>I:</strong> <a href="/articles/immunosuppression">immunosuppressant</a> drugs or imidazole</li>-<li>-<strong>C:</strong> cocaine</li>-<li>-<strong>E:</strong> ethanol or environmental (e.g. <a href="/articles/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-1">carbon monoxide</a>)</li>-<li>-<strong>S:</strong> splenial lesions (reversible secondary to: <a href="/articles/cytotoxic-lesions-of-the-corpus-callosum-cloccs">CLOCCs</a>, antiepileptic drugs, chemotherapy, immunosuppressant drugs, etc.)</li>- +<p>A <strong>mnemonic</strong> to remember the more common causes of <a href="/articles/toxic-leukoencephalopathy">toxic leukoencephalopathy</a> is:</p><ul><li><p><strong>CHOICES</strong> <sup>1</sup></p></li></ul><h4>Mnemonic</h4><ul>
- +<li><p><strong>C: </strong>chemotherapy (e.g. <a href="/articles/methotrexate-related-leukoencephalopathy">methotrexate</a>)</p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>H:</strong> <a href="/articles/heroin-induced-leukoencephalopathy">heroin</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>O:</strong> other opioids</p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>I:</strong> <a href="/articles/immunosuppression">immunosuppressant</a> drugs or imidazole</p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>C:</strong> cocaine</p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>E:</strong> ethanol or environmental (e.g. <a href="/articles/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-1">carbon monoxide</a>)</p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>S:</strong> splenial lesions (reversible secondary to: <a href="/articles/cytotoxic-lesions-of-the-corpus-callosum-cloccs">CLOCCs</a>, antiseizure medications, chemotherapy, immunosuppressant drugs, etc.)</p></li>
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