Limb Pain as Unusual Presentation of a Parietal Intraparenchymal Bleeding Associated with Crack Cocaine Use: A Case Report
Joint Authors
Lucerna, Alan
Espinosa, James
Hertz, Risha
Stranges, Doug
Zaman, Taimur
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-05-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Limb pain as a presenting feature of an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke is extremely rare.
Here we present a case of a 65-year-old male with complaints of left arm pain and allodynia (specifically light touch to any part of the left arm produced significant discomfort) who was found to have a right parietal lobe intraparenchymal bleed after smoking crack cocaine.
Acute central pain is mainly associated with parietal, thalamic, and brainstem lesions.
It has been proposed that acute limb pain from a parietal lobe stroke is due to the disconnection of the parietal cortex from the thalamus secondary to the interruption of the pathways between the hemisphere and thalamus/basal ganglia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lucerna, Alan& Espinosa, James& Zaman, Taimur& Hertz, Risha& Stranges, Doug. 2018. Limb Pain as Unusual Presentation of a Parietal Intraparenchymal Bleeding Associated with Crack Cocaine Use: A Case Report. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lucerna, Alan…[et al.]. Limb Pain as Unusual Presentation of a Parietal Intraparenchymal Bleeding Associated with Crack Cocaine Use: A Case Report. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Lucerna, Alan& Espinosa, James& Zaman, Taimur& Hertz, Risha& Stranges, Doug. Limb Pain as Unusual Presentation of a Parietal Intraparenchymal Bleeding Associated with Crack Cocaine Use: A Case Report. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145506
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1145506