BILATERAL BORDERZONE BRAIN INFARCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEROIN ABUSE

Authors
NIEHAUS L MEYER BU
Citation
L. Niehaus et Bu. Meyer, BILATERAL BORDERZONE BRAIN INFARCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEROIN ABUSE, Journal of the neurological sciences, 160(2), 1998, pp. 180-182
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of the neurological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022510X
Volume
160
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
180 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-510X(1998)160:2<180:BBBIIA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 25-year-old drug abuser who developed an unusual pattern of cerebral ischemic lesions is presented. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging re vealed bilateral borderzone infarctions which were attributed to a her oin-associated vasculitis of the basal cerebral arteries. Under probat ory corticosteroid medication the mild neurological deficits completel y disappeared (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.