Polyradiculoneuropathy associated with heroin abuse.
Neurological complications of heroin addiction have occurred only sporadically in the United Kingdom. We report the case of a young female patient who developed an acute polyradiculoneuropathy when she recommended intravenous heroin after four years abstinence. Another possible aetiological factor was a preceding flu-like illness but, after full investigations, we concluded that heroin abuse was the most likely cause of the neurological symptoms.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000187:drug effects; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology