TITLE:
Heroin-Induced Toxic Leukoencephalopathy
AUTHORS:
Robin van Steenhoven, Giorgos Karas, Poen Tan, Henry Weinstein
KEYWORDS:
Clinical Neurology, Neuroradiology, Toxicology, Opiates, Toxic Leukoencephalopathy
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.6 No.8,
August
9,
2017
ABSTRACT: Toxic leukoencephalopathy is an important complication of heroin abuse and has mostly been described after inhaling heroin vapor, known as “chasing the dragon syndrome” or heroin inhalation leukoencephalopathy (HIL). We present a 51 year-old male patient with toxic leukoencephalopathy following intranasal administration of heroin.