Open AccessRare anoxic brain injury sequela of delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy due to recreational drug overdose with benzodiazepines
Author(s) -
Kaplan Kara,
Alam Ariful,
Dymm Braydon,
Valiuddin Hisham,
Nanthabalan Sangeetha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2705
Subject(s) - medicine , sequela , leukoencephalopathy , drug , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , disease
A growth in recreational drug use will lead to a rise in delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy cases. Physicians may inadvertently misdiagnose this rare condition as a primary psychiatric disorder by not maintaining a broad differential diagnosis.