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Case Reports
. 2012 Jul 3:2012:bcr0320125998.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.03.2012.5998.

Cocaine induced hippocampi infarction

Sarkis Gibran Morales Vidal  1 , Alejandro Hornik, Christopher Morgan
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Case Reports

Cocaine induced hippocampi infarction

Sarkis Gibran Morales Vidal et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

A middle age man presented with disorientation and memory impairment due to bilateral hippocampal strokes secondary to cocaine use. This is the second report of cocaine induced hippocampi ischaemic strokes. In contrast to the previous report, this middle age man did not have cardiac arrest.

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Competing interests: None.

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Figure 1
Diffusion restricted image (DWI) showing increase signal change of hippocampi.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Apparent diffusion coefficient map showing low signal change of hippocampi indicative of restricted diffusion.
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