ArticleCase reports in neurological medicine2018
Impact of Methamphetamine Abuse: A Rare Case of Rapid Cerebral Aneurysm Growth with Review of Literature.
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- Morin Mitigates Methamphetamine-Induced Neurotoxicity: Effects on Motor and Cognitive Function.Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2025Article
- Traumatic Aneurysm Involving the Posterior Communicating Artery.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The clinical impact of recent amphetamine exposure in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- A review of methamphetamine use and stroke in the young.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Giant serpentine aneurysm: Neuroradiological and neurosurgical management in a left-handed patient.Radiology case reports · 2023Article
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- Dyskinesia as a unique presentation of subarachnoid hemorrhage: a case report.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Single Center Retrospective Analysis of Cerebral Aneurysms from a Patient Sample Data Collection at a Comprehensive Stroke Center.Spartan medical research journal · 2022Article
- Ruptured intracranial aneurysm presenting as cerebral circulation insufficiency: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Increased rupture risk in small intracranial aneurysms associated with methamphetamine use.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Methamphetamine or "meth" is a sympathomimetic amine of the amphetamine-type substances (ATS) class with an extremely high potential for abuse. Illicitly abused neurostimulants like cocaine and meth predispose patients to the aneurysmal formation with reported rupture at a younger age and in much smaller sized aneurysms. However, very rapid growth of aneurysm within less than 2 weeks with methamphetamine abuse is very rarely observed or reported. In this report, we present a patient with repeated and recurrent meth abuse who demonstrated rapid growth of a pericallosal aneurysm over the period of less than two weeks. The pathophysiology of stroke related to meth and ATS abuse is multifactorial with hypertension, tachycardia, and vascular disease postulated as major mechanisms. The rapid growth of an aneurysm has a high risk of aneurysmal rupture and SAH, which is a neurosurgical emergency and therefore warrants careful consideration and close monitoring. This case confirms the dynamic temporal effects of methamphetamine use on intracranial vessels and this specific neurostimulants association to rapid aneurysmal formation. In light of vascular pathologies the possibility of drug-induced pseudoaneurysm should also be considered in young patients with history of meth abuse.
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