Abstract
Description of a case of benign acute transverse myelopathy in a young woman who had taken heroin I.V. after a two-year free interval. Spinal angiography was negative but CT scanning of the cord showed a swelling at C3.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Adult
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Drug Hypersensitivity
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Female
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Heroin / adverse effects
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Heroin / poisoning*
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Humans
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Hypesthesia / chemically induced
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Injections, Intravenous
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Paraplegia / chemically induced
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Spinal Cord Diseases / chemically induced*
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Substance Withdrawal Syndrome