Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Laurenzi, L
• Natoli, S
• Calamaro, A
• Rispoli, G C
• Arcuri, E

Titel

Tetraplegia and acute respiratory insufficiency from an ischemic cervical medulla lesion after cocaine use. A clinical case

Ist Teil von

• Minerva anestesiologica, 1995-09, Vol.61 (9), p.387

Ort / Verlag

Italy

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The article deals with a case report on tetraplegia and acute respiratory failure following ischemic damage of the spinal medulla in the cervical tract due to cocaine assumption. The ischemic damaged produced by cocaine usually injure the great vessels of the cranial base. The case report is particular because of the area and the seize of the injured vessel. Finally, the most important hypotheses about the pathogenesis in the ischemic cerebrovascular cocaine-induced damages are debated.