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Plexopathy in a Heroin Addict
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ahmed, Shamim Hashem, Abul Bitar, Zouheir Ibrahim |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Muscle and peripheral nerve disorders are important complications in intravenous heroin abusers. Rhabdomyolysis and acute lumbosacral plexopathy are important in the differential diagnosis of patients developing muscle weakness in an intensive care unit after intravenous overdoses of heroin. A 25-year-old man developed rhabdomyolysis with neuromuscular involvement, and consistent clinical and electrodiagnostic features of lumbar plexus neuropathy after an intravenous injection of heroin. The improvement occured slowly, over months, in spite of intensive physiotherapy. |
| Starting Page | 20 |
| Ending Page | 20 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.5339/qmj.2005.2.20 |
| Volume Number | 2005 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://applications.emro.who.int/imemrf/Qatar_Med_J/Qatar_Med_J_2005_14_2_59_61.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2005.2.20 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |