Cocaine-induced midline destruction lesions with positive ANCA test mimicking Wegener's granulomatosis

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-437

  Stahelin, Letícia ^a   Fialho, Sonia Cristina de Magalhães Souza ^a   Neves, Fabrício Souza ^a   Junckes, Larissa ^a   de Castro, Gláucio Ricardo Werner ^a   Pereira, Ivânio Alves ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody; Cocaine; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; AUTOANTIBODY; COCAINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE INDUCED MIDLINE DESTRUCTIVE LESION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOUTH LESION; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

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

EID: 84861933159     PISSN: 04825004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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