Citation

Lee HY, Song SY, Lee SH, Lee SY, Kim SH, Ryu SW. J. Clin. Neurosci. 2009; 16(10): 1372-1373.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.037

PMID

19581091

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Aminobutyrates; Brain Edema; Corpus Striatum; Female; Herbicides; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Middle Aged