Total necrosis of the intranasal structures and soft palate as a result of nasal inhalation of crushed OxyContin

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 512-516

  Greene, David ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYCODONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NOSE NECROSIS; NOSE SEPTUM; PALATE DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINUSITIS; SOFT PALATE; SYMPTOM; ENDOSCOPY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TURBINATE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; NASAL SEPTUM; NECROSIS; OXYCODONE; PALATE, SOFT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURBINATES;

EID: 33644666576     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130508400814     Document Type: Article

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