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14.12.2015 | Practical Pearl
Devastating Delayed Leukoencephalopathy Associated with Bath Salt Inhalation
verfasst von:
C. L. Kramer, D. R. Wetzel, E. F. M. Wijdicks
Erschienen in:
Neurocritical Care
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Ausgabe 3/2016
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Abstract
Background
“Bath salts” or synthetic cathinone toxicity remains a potentially deadly clinical condition. We report a delayed leukoencephalopathy with persistent minimally conscious state.
Results
A 36-year-old man presents with delayed encephalopathy, dysautonomia, fulminant hepatic failure, and renal failure from severe rhabdomyolysis after consuming bath salts. MRI showed diffusion restriction in the splenium of the corpus callosum and subcortical white matter.
Conclusions
The combination of acute leukoencephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and fulminant hepatic failure may point to bath salt inhalation and should be known to neurointensivists.