Citation

Seaman ME. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1990; 19(1): 34-37.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Valley Medical Center, Fresno, California 93702.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2297153

Abstract

We present the case of a 29-year-old patient who developed a cerebral infarction, without hemorrhage, after using cocaine. A computed tomography scan of the brain at the time of initial presentation was entirely normal; a repeat CT scan on the fifth hospital day showed a basal ganglion infarction. No evidence of intracranial bleeding was detected. Theories of cocaine-induced cerebral infarction, including promotion of thrombogenesis and vasospasm, are reviewed.

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