Spastic paraparesis following cocaine inhalation.
Cocaine use is reaching epidemic proportions in the UK and the consequences are a number of debilitating effects. Strokes may result from a number of mechanisms related to cocaine use. This report describes a case of cocaine induced stroke in an apparently healthy young man with unusual patterns of radiological findings on his brain MRI.
Savage
Henry Oluwasefunmi
HO
Cardiology Department, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK.
Roesner
Malin
M
Cohen
David
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