Cannabis-related XXXX : case series and review of literature.

@entity1 @entity4653 @entity64 @entity101 @entity1333 @entity835 @entity887 @entity10 @entity2055 @entity385
Marijuana, or @entity835 , is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs worldwide. Although there are some case reports of @entity64 associated with @entity835 use, there is no information on a causal role of @entity835 in @entity64 . We identified 14 @entity1 admitted to St Louis University Hospital between January 2004 and July 2007 with @entity385 who had documented clear exposure to @entity835 during or before symptom onset and a positive urine screen for @entity835 . We report this series, along with 3 cases previously reported by our group, for a total of 17 @entity1 (13 @entity1 and 4 @entity1 ), with a mean age of 41 years (range, 15-63 years). Nine @entity1 were under age 45 years, 4 had a history of @entity101 , and 10 sustained @entity64 in the posterior circulation. @entity10 , @entity4653 , and @entity2055 were the most common presenting symptoms. Five @entity1 had recurrent @entity64 with reexposure to @entity835 . No @entity1 had a prothrombotic state or cardiac source of @entity887 . Autopsy performed in 2 @entity1 revealed @entity385 with no evidence of @entity1333 or @entity887 . The absence of other vascular risk factors in most of our @entity1 , the temporal relation of symptom onset to @entity835 exposure, and the recurrence of symptoms in a few @entity1 with reexposure suggest a causal role of @entity835 in these cases of @entity385 . However, this causal association cannot be definitely ascertained, given the descriptive nature of our series. More research is needed to explore this possible causal association.
