A patient with both cocaine-induced nasal septum destruction and antibodies against anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA); potential confusion with Wegener's disease;Een patiënt met neusseptumdestructie door cocaïne en antistoffen tegen cytoplastische antigenen van neutrofiele granulocyten (ANCA); mogelijke verwarring met de ziekte van Wegener

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 43, 2007, Pages 2395-2399

  Scheenstra, R J ^a   Van Buren, M ^b   Koopman, J P ^b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MYELOBLASTIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; POLYMYXIN; TERRACORTRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FLUSHING; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; NASAL BIOPSY; NECROSIS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; PAIN; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAMPON; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; COCAINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; NOSE DISEASES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 35848965464     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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