Irreversible brain damage caused by methamphetamine

Abstract

Methamphetamine is an addictive scene substance usage of which is increasing rapidly. While methamphetamine often causes neuropsychiatric symptoms like anxiety, psychosis and hallucinations, reports of structural ongoing cerebral alterations are rare. We here report a case of this kind of damage caused through methamphetamine use.

Keywords

• Methamphetamine
• MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
• Structural brain lesions