Bilateral borderzone brain infarctions in association with heroin abuse.
A 25-year-old drug abuser who developed an unusual pattern of cerebral ischemic lesions is presented. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral borderzone infarctions which were attributed to a heroin-associated vasculitis of the basal cerebral arteries. Under probatory corticosteroid medication the mild neurological deficits completely disappeared.
Niehaus
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Department of Neurology of the Charité, Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
Meyer
B U
BU
D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000139:chemically induced; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology