title: [Progressive cannabis-induced arteritis: a clinical thromboangiitis obliterans sub-group?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Since the end of the nineteen-nineties, cannabis is not only incriminated in the onset of thromboangiitis obliterans but also in inducing artheromatous lesions in young subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  A young, Caucasian, 18 year-old man was referred for cannabis withdrawal in the treatment of arteritis of the left leg.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cannabis is by far the illicite psychoactive substance most consumed by the 15-25 year-olds. Data in the literature, notably since the end of the nineteen-nineties, show that cannabis is accused of provoking arterial disease similar to that which is found in Buerger's disease (or thromboangiitis obliterans) in young subjects of whichever sex.
authors.affiliation: Département de psychiatrie et d'addictologie, Hôpital universitaire Paul Brousse, Université Paris XI, Villejuif (94). bmf73@club-internet.fr
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karila
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Danel
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coscas
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chambon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reynaud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001167:Arteritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000150:complications*; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D011453:Prostaglandins; D014665:Vasodilator Agents