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Stroke Following Injection of a Melted Suppository Stroke 24:741-743, Bitar,S.&Gomez,C.R., 1993 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We describe a 39-year-old man who developed a left homonymous hemianopia after intravenous injection of a melted suppository.Paradoxical fat embolism should be added to the possible list of stroke mechanisms in intravenous drug abusers.

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