Cerebral arteritis associated with heroin abuse.
A twenty-year-old man suffered a left homonymous hemianopia after self-administration of heroin. Investigations revealed right occipital infarction with angiographic changes of arteritis in the posterior cerebral arteries.
D000328:Adult; D001167:Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003932:Heroin; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
D003932:Heroin