Glue sniffing and cerebral infarction.
A 12 year old boy who was a habitual glue sniffer developed a dense hemiparesis in association with an episode of glue sniffing. Occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery was found. It is postulated that the stroke was precipitated by an episode of vascular spasm.
D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D014241:Trichloroethylene
D014241:Trichloroethylene