Ophthalmoplegia and slurred speech in an intravenous drug user

Jaime Vera; Anke Hensiek; Charles Woodrow; Francesca Crawley; Sanjeev Krishna

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030453

Ophthalmoplegia and slurred speech in an intravenous drug user

PLoS Med. 2006 Dec;3(12):e453. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030453.

Authors

Jaime Vera¹, Anke Hensiek, Charles Woodrow, Francesca Crawley, Sanjeev Krishna

Affiliation

¹ West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom.

Abstract

A 35-year-old heroin user presented with acute, progressive diplopia and slurred speech. Krishna and colleagues discuss the diagnosis and management of this patient.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Botulism / complications*
Botulism / diagnosis*
Heroin Dependence / complications*
Heroin Dependence / microbiology
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Male
Neurologic Examination
Ophthalmoplegia / etiology*
Ophthalmoplegia / microbiology
Speech Disorders / etiology*
Speech Disorders / microbiology
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / microbiology
Wounds and Injuries / microbiology