Toxic leukoencephalopathy after inhalation of poisoned heroin: MR findings.
Year: 1994
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Retrospective MR studies of four patients with neurologic symptoms after inhalation of contaminated heroin vapor revealed extensive, typically symmetrical lesions in the white matter of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and midbrain. Selective involvement of the corticospinal tract, the solitary tract, and the lemniscus medialis also has been found.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: T P Tan, P R Algra, J Valk, E C Wolters
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2342238897