Omer, Taha Adam and Doherty, Colin (2011) Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) complicating the 'legal high' mephedrone. BMJ Case Reports, https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3904.
External website: https://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.02.20...
The authors report a 19-year-old woman who developed convulsions preceded by nasal ingestion of a cocaine mimic named 'the bubble' or mephedrone, obtained legally from a 'headshop' in Dublin. Characteristic posterior white matter oedema on brain imaging after the seizure suggested a diagnosis of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). While PRES has been rarely associated with cocaine ingestion, this is the first report of an association with mephedrone.
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