Cerebral vasculitis associated with drug abuse

Purpose of review To review understand the epidemiology, background, neuropharmacology, and histopathology of literature verified cases, and likely etiopathogenic mechanisms. Recent findings There are only a handful of histologically confirmed patients in the literature with cerebral vasculitis because of drug abuse. Summary There is little justification for invasive laboratory investigation given the ready availability of highly accurate vascular neuroimaging techniques to dictate management, which usually rests upon avoidance of further exposure and minimizing the secondary neurotoxic effects of the abused substances and polypharmacy use.
Source: Current Opinion in Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: VASCULITIS SYNDROMES: Edited by Hasan Yazici and Yusuf Yazici Source Type: research