title: Small vessel vasculitis associated with cocaine use.
abstract: We report a case of cocaine-induced small vessel vasculitis in a 51-year-old woman. We postulate that levamisole, an adulterant of cocaine, likely is the cause of this increase in cocaine-induced vasculitis. Based on a literature review, we suggest some helpful tests to differentiate cocaine-induced vasculitis from true autoimmune vasculitis in the setting of midline destructive nasal lesions.
authors: New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA. billrietkerk@gmail.com
authors: William
authors: W
authors: Rietkerk
authors: Fredrick
authors: F
authors: Pereira
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Poste
mesh_terms: D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004340:Drug Contamination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007978:Levamisole / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D007978:Levamisole; D003042:Cocaine