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Rare disease
Cocaine induced hippocampi infarction
  1. Sarkis Gibran Morales Vidal,
  2. Alejandro Hornik,
  3. Christopher Morgan
  1. Neurology Department, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sarkis Gibran Morales Vidal, smoralesvidal{at}lumc.edu

Summary

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.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.03.2012.5998

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.