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'Khatatonia' - cathinone-induced hypertensive encephalopathy
P Bede1, N El-Kininy, F O'Hara
1Quantitative Neuroimaging Group, Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Abstract:
Khat consumption is an under-recognised cause of hypertensive encephalopathy and intraparenchymal brain haemorrhage. We report the radiological findings of extensive periventricular, subcortical and brain stem white matter pathology of a patient who had consumed excessive amounts of Khat. The Khat plant contains cathinone, an amphetamine-like alkaloid which has been associated with chronic hypertensive end-organ damage, but is seldom considered a cause of cerebrovascular events in northern Europe.
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