Rare anoxic brain injury sequela of delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy due to recreational drug overdose with benzodiazepines

A growth in recreational drug use will lead to a rise in delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy cases. Physicians may inadvertently misdiagnose this rare condition as a primary psychiatric disorder by not maintaining a broad differential diagnosis.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kaplan, Kara, Alam, Ariful, Dymm, Braydon, Valiuddin, Hisham, Nanthabalan, Sangeetha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7141731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32274025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2705
Descripción
Sumario:A growth in recreational drug use will lead to a rise in delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy cases. Physicians may inadvertently misdiagnose this rare condition as a primary psychiatric disorder by not maintaining a broad differential diagnosis.

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