| Literature DB >> 15707812 |
Keiko Ohta1, Masae Mori, Asako Yoritaka, Kouichiro Okamoto, Shuji Kishida.
Abstract
A 19-year-old woman had right occipital infarction 3 months after she had injected methamphetamine. No other possible causes of stroke could be found in this case. Magnetic resonance angiography revealed beading of the right posterior cerebral artery, which suggested vasculitis. Her symptoms were right-sided headache, left superior quadrant hemianopia, and left hypesthesia, which gradually improved without any treatment. Methamphetamine has been known to cause hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke relatively soon after administration. We report here that methamphetamine may also cause chronic cerebral vasculitis and delayed ischemic stroke.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15707812 DOI： 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.06.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Emerg Med ISSN： 0736-4679 Impact factor: 1.484