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Pere Domingo, MD; Esteban Martínez, MD
Barcelona, Spain

Arch Intern Med. 1997;157(2):241.

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Cocaine abuse may produce several medical complications.¹ Reported neurologic complications include headache, seizures, focal neurologic defects due to ischemia and/or hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and exacerbation of the symptoms of Tourette syndrome.^1-3 We describe a patient in whom parkinsonism developed in association with long-term cocaine abuse, a complication not previously reported, to our knowledge.

Report of a Case.

A 35-year-old man with a 20-year history of drug addiction had consumed amphetamine and cannabis until he was 20 years old. After that, he began using both intranasal and intravenous cocaine several days a week. He complained of having evolution tremors for 1 year. The tremors, which began in his right arm and later affected his left arm as well, made it impossible for him to do his job for the last 2 months before he came to the hospital. Physical examination revealed a loss of corporal mobility and facial expression. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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