title: Manganese Encephalopathy among Ephedron Abusers.
abstract: Ephedrone encephalopathy is referred to as a group of symptoms of manganese deposition within the central nervous system (CNS), resulting from the abuse of ephedrone (methcathinone), obtained in reaction using the excess amount of manganese-containing oxidants. The diagnosis is based on the contrast-enhanced head MRI findings characteristic for this syndrome, clinical manifestation and history of ephedrone use. The syndrome has been reported in recent years in young people from Eastern Europe and Russia with a history of ephedrone overuse. However, no report has ever been published on ephedrone encephalopathy in Polish patients.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Infectious Disease, J. Gromkowski Specialist Regional Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janocha-Litwin
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, J. Gromkowski Specialist Regional Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marianska
authors.affiliation: First Department of Infectious Disease, J. Gromkowski Specialist Regional Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.|Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Sylwia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serafinska
authors.affiliation: First Department of Infectious Disease, J. Gromkowski Specialist Regional Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.|Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020149:Manganese Poisoning / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011427:Propiophenones / Q000506:poisoning*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011427:Propiophenones; C047806:monomethylpropion
keywords: HIV infection; Manganese-induced Parkinsonism; Poland