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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc · Jan 2015
Case Reports[Thrombotic vasculopathy probably associated with cocaine contaminated with levamisole: report of 2 cases].
- María Abril Martínez-Velasco, Luis Felipe Flores-Suárez, Sonia Toussaint-Caire, Angélica Rodríguez-Carreón, Marisol Díaz-Lozano, and Karen Sánchez-Armendáriz.
- División de Dermatología, Hospital General "Dr. Manuel Gea González", Secretaría de Salud, Distrito Federal, México. abrilbrug@hotmail.com.
- Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2015 Jan 1; 53 (1): 98-101.
AbstractThe vasculities are complex diseases. Their cutaneous manifestations are very important and often mirror several pathologies. Cocaine use has been related to both, vasculitis and thrombotic vasculopathy and pseudovasculitis. A new syndrome has been described in association with its adulteration with levamisole. It can be very serious, leading patients to death. This is relevant as levamisole-adultered cocaine seems to be increasingly offered to consumers. Our goal is to report the first two cases in Mexico, which faces an important raise in cocaine use, emphasizing that a high suspicion based on certain characteristics allows for early recognition and adequate treatment.
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