Paipilla O, Lee S, Romero C, De la Rosa P, Sigler L

Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 149-152
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ABSTRACT

With the frequent use of endovenous illicit drugs, thrombosis occurs making the use of this route impossible. Drug addicts look for other places and soon localize accessible arteries for their use. We present the case of a man that after injecting drugs into his common carotid artery developed an infected pseudoaneurysm that ruptured and required emergency ligation. Although there were not cerebral sequelae he had severe local problems.

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