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Case Report

Unusual complications of heroin abuse: Transverse myelitis, rhabdomyolysis, compartment syndrome, and ARF

Vaibhav Sahni Department of Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
, M.D.,
Dheeraj Garg Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, G.B. Pant Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Hospital, New Delhi, India
, M.D.,
Sandeep Garg Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, G.B. Pant Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Hospital, New Delhi, India
, M.D.,
Satish Kumar Agarwal Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, G.B. Pant Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Hospital, New Delhi, India
, M.D. &
NarInder Pal Singh Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, G.B. Pant Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Hospital, New Delhi, India
, M.D.
Pages 153-155 | Received 21 Nov 2005, Accepted 10 May 2006, Published online: 20 Jan 2009

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FIG. 1. MRI of the cervical spine showing expanded cervical cord with patchy increased intramedullary signal intensity (see arrows) extending from C2 to D1 level with effacement of ventral and dorsal subarachnoid spaces suggestive of transverse myelitis.

FIG. 1. MRI of the cervical spine showing expanded cervical cord with patchy increased intramedullary signal intensity (see arrows) extending from C2 to D1 level with effacement of ventral and dorsal subarachnoid spaces suggestive of transverse myelitis.

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