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Reversible neurotoxicity of interleukin-2 and tumor necrosis factor: correlation of SPECT with neuropsychological testing

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.6.3.285

A 41-year-old man developed subacute neurotoxicity associated with interleukin-2 and tumor necrosis factor therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Cognitive deficits revealed on neuropsychological testing and frontal lobe perfusion deficits revealed on SPECT resolved after 1 month. Findings suggest possible neuroanatomic and physiologic substrates of cytokine neurotoxicity.

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