Bilateral Acute Hippocampal Ischemia in Two Patients Abusing Cocaine: What is the Outcome?

Hippocampal ischemia is a rare complication of cocaine abuse that has been thought to arise from vasospasm, anoxic injury, and/or catecholaminergic excitotoxicity. We present two cases of patients abusing cocaine, who presented with an acute onset anterograde amnesia due to bilateral hippocampal isc...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Carolyn, O'Reggio, Abigail, Mehrabyan, Anahit, Williams, Dena, Dujmovic Basuroski, Irena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9337781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35915690
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26435

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9337781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35915690
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26435

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