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Cocaine-Induced Vasculitis
The use of cocaine continues to grow worldwide. One of the possible side-effects of cocaine is vasculitis. Two distinct vasculitic syndromes have been described due to cocaine. One is cocaine-induced midline destructive lesion, secondary to a direct vasoconstrictor effect of cocaine, inducing ischemic necrosis of the septal cartilage and perforation of the nasal septum, mimicking findings of gr...
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DESCRIPTION A 45-year-old woman was admitted for a painful purpuric rash on her cheeks, ears and legs, which began after a 3-day period of heavy crack cocaine use. She reported a similar rash 3 years ago and a skin biopsy at that time revealed thrombi in the small blood vessels. However, serological testing was not consistent with any specific known diagnosis and she was discharged when her ras...
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Introduction: Cocaine-induced midline destructive lesions (CIMDL) are complications of regular nasal cocaine inhalation. CIMDL can mimic systemic diseases with positive anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Case Report: In this article, we describe the case of a young woman who presented with nasal perforation induced by cocaine, al...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1462-0332,1462-0324
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu096.020