%0 Journal Article
%T Acute cocaine abuse associated with cerebral infarction
%J Annals of emergency medicine
%D 1990
%A Seaman, M. E.
%V 19
%N 1
%P 34-37
%X 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0196-0644
%U http://dx.doi.org/