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  • Title: Brachial and lumbar plexitis as a reaction to heroin.
    Author: Stamboulis E, Psimaras A, Malliara-Loulakaki S.
    Journal: Drug Alcohol Depend; 1988 Dec; 22(3):205-7. PubMed ID: 3234243.
    Abstract:
    A case is described of a young man who presented with acute pulmonary edema and flaccid paralysis of the right upper and lower extremity, following his first injection of heroin and was found in a comatose state. Needle electromyographic findings were compatible with a severe lesion of the right brachial plexus and a moderate lesion of the right lumbar plexus. An allergic or a hypersensitivity reaction might have been the possible cause.
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