*Author for correspondence: “Kamla Bhawan”, Dal Bazar Tiraha, Lashkar, Gwalior-474009, Madhya Pradesh, Email: neelimajadon@yahoo.com
Previous reports of paint thinner ingestion were suggestive of rhabdomyolysis, polyneuropathy, chemical pneumonia and coma. Reports of cerebral stroke following thinner ingestion have almost never been reported.
A healthy male presented to us with unconsciousness and hemiplegia following deliberate ingestion of paint thinner. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of head revealed cerebral infarct and multifocal oedema.
Paint thinner, Cerebral stroke
