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Heroin-Induced Toxic Leukoencephalopathy
- Source :
- Case Reports in Clinical Medicine. :227-230
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., 2017.
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Abstract
- Toxic leukoencephalopathy is an important complication of heroin abuse and has mostly been described after inhaling heroin vapor, known as “chasing the dragon syndrome” or heroin inhalation leukoencephalopathy (HIL). We present a 51 year-old male patient with toxic leukoencephalopathy following intranasal administration of heroin.
- Subjects :
- Inhalation
business.industry
General Medicine
Chasing the dragon
medicine.disease
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Clinical neurology
Heroin
Leukoencephalopathy
Toxic leukoencephalopathy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Male patient
Anesthesia
mental disorders
Immunology
medicine
Heroin abuse
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23257083 and 23257075
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Clinical Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........701cd5828b32fbf033eb6f6ef2632584
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4236/crcm.2017.68024