Cocaine-induced midline destructive lesions mimicking ENT-limited Wegener's granulomatosis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 477-480

  Rachapalli, S M ^a   Kiely, P D W ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; COCAINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; EPISTAXIS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INHALATION; NIGHT SWEAT; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE NECROSIS; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TURBINATE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, LETHAL MIDLINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 56249145644     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740802192043     Document Type: Article

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