Spastic Paraparesis Following Cocaine Inhalation

Spastic Paraparesis Following Cocaine Inhalation

Cocaine use is reaching epidemic proportions in the UK and the consequences are a number of debilitating effects. Strokes may result from a number of mechanisms related to cocaine use. This report describes a case of cocaine induced stroke in an apparently healthy young man with unusual patterns of...

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Main Authors: Henry Oluwasefunmi Savage, Malin Roesner, David Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/465968
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spelling doaj-7cffd4a130e940d28615344e3b7815492020-11-24T21:44:17ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352009-01-01200910.1155/2009/465968465968Spastic Paraparesis Following Cocaine InhalationHenry Oluwasefunmi Savage0Malin Roesner1David Cohen2Cardiology Department, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UKDepartment of Elderly Care Medicine, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UKDepartment of Elderly Care Medicine, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UKCocaine use is reaching epidemic proportions in the UK and the consequences are a number of debilitating effects. Strokes may result from a number of mechanisms related to cocaine use. This report describes a case of cocaine induced stroke in an apparently healthy young man with unusual patterns of radiological findings on his brain MRI.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/465968
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description Cocaine use is reaching epidemic proportions in the UK and the consequences are a number of debilitating effects. Strokes may result from a number of mechanisms related to cocaine use. This report describes a case of cocaine induced stroke in an apparently healthy young man with unusual patterns of radiological findings on his brain MRI.
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