Heroin-Induced Transverse Myelitis in a Chronic Heroin User: A Case Report

Transverse myelitis is a rare but documented sequela of heroin use. While the underlying etiology is not clearly elucidated, the prevailing pathophysiologic mechanism amongst existing literature suggests an immune-mediated hypersensitivity reaction due to heroin insufflation following a long period...

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Autores principales: Hussain, Mueez, Shafer, Drake, Taylor, Joseph, Sivanandham, Ranjit, Vasquez, Hellen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10315196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37405127
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41286

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10315196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37405127
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41286

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