Cocaine-induced midline destructive lesion

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Angit, C ^a   Dabrowski, M T ^a   Owen, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE INDUCED MIDLINE DESTRUCTIVE LESION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPISTAXIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE NECROSIS; NOSE ULCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA, LETHAL MIDLINE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 70349510915     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03530.x     Document Type: Letter

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