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. 2018 May 15;9(3):313–324. doi: 10.1007/s13244-018-0628-z

Table 1.

Neurological complications associated with paediatric cancer

Pre-treatment phase Paraneoplastic neurological syndromesa
Hyperviscosity syndrome
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosisa
Infectiona
Treatment phase Trousseau’s syndromeb
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Methotrexate neurotoxicity
Post-remission phase Hippocampal sclerosis
Radiation induced tumour
Radiation induced focal haemosiderin deposition
Radiation induced white matter injury

aSometimes seen in treatment phase

bSometimes seen in pre-treatment phase