Amphetamine abuse is a possible cause of pontine haemorrhage

This is a case report of a 55-year-old male, who was admitted due to right-sided sensorimotor deficits and one-and-a-half syndrome He had snorted 5 g of amphetamine over 24 h two months prior to admission. He was normotensive on admission. A CT brain scan showed left pontine haemorrhage, but a CT angiogram showed no vascular malformations nor vessel beading, and a two-month follow-up MRI showed no vascular malformations nor tumours. To the best of our knowledge, this is the fifth published case of pontine haemorrhage, and the first published case of one-and-a-half syndrome related to amphetamine abuse.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:179

Enthalten in:

Ugeskrift for laeger - 179(2017), 44 vom: 30. Okt.

Sprache:

Dänisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Winsløw, Frederik [VerfasserIn]
Winsløw, Ulrik [VerfasserIn]
Papina, Maria [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Amphetamine
CK833KGX7E
Case Reports

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.01.2019

Date Revised 18.01.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM277520762