• J Med Toxicol · Mar 2011

    Case Reports

    Levamisole-induced occlusive necrotizing vasculitis of the ears after use of cocaine contaminated with levamisole.

    • Jennie A Buchanan, Jody A Vogel, and Aaron M Eberhardt.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, 777 Bannock St. MC 0108, Denver, CO, USA. Jennie.Buchanan3@dhha.org
    • J Med Toxicol. 2011 Mar 1; 7 (1): 83-4.

    AbstractBased on the best available data, approximately 2.1 million Americans use illicit cocaine each month; for the last several months, 30% of that cocaine has been "cut" with a veterinary pharmaceutical, levamisole. Levamisole can cause agranulocytosis, leaving patients susceptible to fulminate and opportunistic infections and also can cause a debilitating cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis. In this manuscript, we describe a case and provide an image of levamisole-induced necrotizing vasculitis of the ears.© American College of Medical Toxicology 2010

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