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Confirmed case of levamisole-associated multifocal inflammatory leukoencephalopathy in a cocaine user.

Jeffrey R Vitt1, Ethan G Brown2, Daniel S Chow3, S Andrew Josephson2.   

Abstract

Levamisole is a common adulterant in cocaine and has previously been associated with a variety of serious complications including multifocal inflammatory leukoencephalopathy (MIL). There have been several reports of MIL in patients taking cocaine and, though suspected, the presence of levamisole was not confirmed. We present a case of a 63-year-old woman presenting with stupor and spastic quadraparesis found to have urine positive for cocaine and levamisole. An MRI brain revealed innumerable FLAIR hyperintensities with restricted diffusion and incomplete ring-enhancement. This is the first case to confirm the presence of levamisole in a patient with MIL associated with cocaine use.
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Year:  2017        PMID: 28284332     DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2017.01.018

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Neuroimmunol        ISSN: 0165-5728            Impact factor:   3.478


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