title: Dysphagia and dysarthria as a result of cocaine abuse.
abstract: A 22-year-old black woman had a bilateral pontine stroke soon after she had used cocaine. Otolaryngologists should be alert to the potential for possible cerebrovascular accident and other complications of cocaine, in both clinical and recreational use.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology*; D003042:Cocaine; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine