Cocaine-induced oronasal fistulas with external nasal erosion but without palate involvement

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 562-563

  Vilela, Ronald J ^a   Langford, Carol ^a   McCullagh, Linda ^a   Kass, Erik S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; MOUTH DISEASE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HARD PALATE; HOSPITALIZATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOSE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT PALATE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; NOSE DISEASES; ORAL FISTULA; PALATE, HARD; PALATE, SOFT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036667529     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130208100818     Document Type: Article

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