Embolized crospovidone (poly[N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone]) in the lungs of intravenous drug users

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 286-292

  Ganesan, Santhi ^a   Felo, Joseph ^b   Saldana, Mario ^c   Kalasinsky, Victor F ^d   Lewin Smith, Michael R ^d   Tomashefski Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crospovidone; Foreign body emboli; Intravenous drug use; N vinyl 2 pyrrolidone; Polyvinylpyrrolidone

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; CARMINIC ACID; CONGO RED; CROSPOVIDONE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DYE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; PERCOCET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; COLOR; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PAIN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; TABLET; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NARCOTICS; PHARMACEUTIC AIDS; POVIDONE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TABLETS;

EID: 0347051651     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000062653.65441.DA     Document Type: Article

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