dronabinol/infarction

Structural brain lesions can be a rare cause of refractory psychiatric symptoms. The analysis of such cases may lead to insights into psychiatric neurobiology. Here we present a case of a dronabinol-responsive obsessive-compulsive syndrome after thalamic infarct.

Cannabis is the most commonly consumed illicit drug. It is estimated that 4% of the global population between the ages of 15 and 64 smoked marijuana in 2003. Despite the drug's extreme popularity, reports of cannabis-related stroke and myocardial infarction are so rare as to still be reportable.