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- Title
Recurrent stroke associated with cannabis use.
- Authors
Mateo, I; Pinedo, A; Gomez-Beldarrain, M; Basterretxea, J M; Garcia-Monco, J C
- Abstract
Drug misuse represents a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease, especially among young people. Despite the fact that cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug, there are only a few reports associating its use with cerebrovascular disease. We describe a patient who suffered three ischaemic strokes immediately after cannabis consumption. Other stroke aetiologies were ruled out, and neuroimaging revealed infarcts in different arterial areas as well as evidence of non-atherosclerotic arterial disease, which suggests an underlying vasculopathy of uncertain (toxic or inflammatory) origin. Cannabis use may be associated with ischaemic stroke in young patients, but its mechanism is unclear.
- Publication
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2005, Vol 76, Issue 3, p435
- ISSN
0022-3050
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jnnp.2004.042382