Bilateral Symmetrical Basal Ganglia Infarction After Intravenous Use of Cocaine and Heroin

Overview

Journal Clin Imaging

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Radiology

Date 2001 Jul 4

PMID 11435032

Citations 7

Authors

M D Daras

J J Orrego

G L Akfirat

L M Samkoff

B S Koppel

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

A case is reported of a young man who developed bilateral symmetrical basal ganglia infarcts after intravenous use of cocaine and heroin. Ischemic infarcts of the brain are a known complication of to cocaine use, alone or in combination with heroin (speed balling). This symmetrical occurrence of infarction, however, is unusual and has not been reported after cocaine use.

Citing Articles

Cocaine-Induced Bilateral Basal Ganglia Ischemia Presenting with Unilateral Wrist Drop.

Mahdi M, Mahdi A, Shah H, Karam W, Jackson J Kans J Med. 2023; 16:110-111.

PMID: 37124103 PMC: 10136611. DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol16.19114.

Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral globi pallidi lesions in a death associated with prolonged carbon monoxide poisoning: a case report.

Tsuneya S, Makino Y, Chiba F, Kojima M, Yoshida M, Kishimoto T Int J Legal Med. 2021; 135(3):921-928.

PMID: 33447889 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-021-02506-1.

Bilateral Basal Ganglia Infarction After Intranasal Use of Cocaine: A Case Report.

Cisneros O, Garcia de de Jesus K, Then E, Rehmani R Cureus. 2019; 11(4):e4405.

PMID: 31245195 PMC: 6559684. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4405.

Aphonia induced by simultaneous bilateral ischemic infarctions of the putamen nuclei: a case report and review of the literature.

Senatorov V, Satpute S, Perry K, Kaylie D, Cole J J Med Case Rep. 2013; 7:83.

PMID: 23510050 PMC: 3618262. DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-83.

Drug abuse and stroke.

Fonseca A, Ferro J Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2013; 13(2):325.

PMID: 23299821 DOI: 10.1007/s11910-012-0325-0.