Acute heroin myelopathy--case report

Ital J Neurol Sci. 1984 Mar;5(1):63-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02043972.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Drug Hypersensitivity
  • Female
  • Heroin / adverse effects
  • Heroin / poisoning*
  • Humans
  • Hypesthesia / chemically induced
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Paraplegia / chemically induced
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome

Substances

  • Heroin