title: Amphetamine-induced angiitis leading to renal failure.
abstract: A patient is presented who developed angiitis associated with intravenous usage of amphetamine. Her disease exacerbated after further amphetamine usage and progressed, over a two-year period, to terminal renal failure. Various etiologic possibilities are discussed, and it is suggested that amphetamine-induced angiitis is a distinct clinical entity that is potentially lethal.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000661:Amphetamine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000661:Amphetamine