Heroin-Induced Toxic Leukoencephalopathy - Case Reports in Clinical Medicine

CRCM > Vol.6 No.8, August 2017

Case Reports in Clinical Medicine

Volume 6, Issue 8 (August 2017)

ISSN Print: 2325-7075 ISSN Online: 2325-7083

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Heroin-Induced Toxic Leukoencephalopathy ()

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DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2017.68024 1,456 Downloads 3,328 Views Citations

Author(s)

Robin van Steenhoven, Giorgos Karas, Poen Tan, Henry Weinstein

Affiliation(s)

Department of Neurology, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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.

KEYWORDS

Clinical Neurology, Neuroradiology, Toxicology, Opiates, Toxic Leukoencephalopathy

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Steenhoven, R. , Karas, G. , Tan, P. and Weinstein, H. (2017) Heroin-Induced Toxic Leukoencephalopathy. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 6, 227-230. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2017.68024.

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