| Lupus anticoagulant and ANCA associated thrombotic vasculopathy due to cocaine contaminated with levamisole: a case report and review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 22437653 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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A 2010 US report recently detected the presence of levamisole in greater than 77 % of seized cocaine samples. A syndrome of retiform purpura, often involving ears and flanks, with vasculopathy or vasculitis on biopsy, associated with anti-nuclear cytoplasmic antibodies as well as antiphospholipid antibodies, previously associated with therapeutic use of levamisole has now re-emerged, and is associated with cocaine adulterated with levamisole. Patients with this unusual constellation of signs and laboratory findings should be questioned about exposure to cocaine. |
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Authors:
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Shuchi Gulati; Anthony A Donato |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-3-23 |
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Title: Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis Volume: - ISSN: 1573-742X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-3-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9502018 Medline TA: J Thromb Thrombolysis Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Internal Medicine, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, 6th Avenue and Spruce Street, West Reading, PA, 19611, USA, gulatishuchi@yahoo.com. |
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