P Disdier, B Granel, J Serratrice, J Constans, U Michon-Pasturel, E Hachulla, C Conri, B Devulder, L Swiader, P Piquet, A Branchereau, J Jouglard, G Moulin, P J Weiller
The purpose of this paper was to revisit the old concept of cannabis arteritis first described in the 1960s and report 10 new cases. Ten male patients, with a median age of 23.7 years developed subacute distal ischemia of lower or upper limbs, leading to necrosis in the toes and/or fingers and sometimes to distal limb gangrene. Two of the patients also presented with venous thrombosis and three patients were suffering from a recent Raynaud's phenomenon. Biological test results did not show evidence of the classical vascular risk factors for thrombosis...
January 2001: Angiology