title: Visceral infarction caused by cocaine abuse: a case report.
abstract: Cocaine abuse is now known to result in a wide variety of medical illnesses. We report our experience with one patient who had abdominal pain and was found to have near-total infarction of all abdominal viscera. The cause of this and other medical complications of cocaine abuse (i.e., extreme vasoconstriction) is discussed in detail. Physicians should maintain a high index of suspicion when dealing with complaints of abdominal pain by cocaine users.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mustard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maziak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D014781:Viscera / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine