Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User
We report a case of a 35-year-old female who presented to the emergency room (ER) complaining of a pruritic rash involving multiple areas of the body. She had a significant history of cocaine use in the past. She had first developed a similar rash in 2013 when she was diagnosed with cocaine-induced...
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| author | Preeti Jadhav Hassan Tariq Masooma Niazi Giovanni Franchin |
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| description | We report a case of a 35-year-old female who presented to the emergency room (ER) complaining of a pruritic rash involving multiple areas of the body. She had a significant history of cocaine use in the past. She had first developed a similar rash in 2013 when she was diagnosed with cocaine-induced vasculitis. Her urine toxicology had been positive for cocaine in the past until July 2013. She was incarcerated and attended a drug rehabilitation program after which she quit cocaine use, which was consistent with negative urine toxicology on subsequent admissions. Further workup did not reveal any other, autoimmune or infectious, etiology of this clinical presentation. The patient underwent biopsy of the skin lesion that was consistent with thrombotic vasculopathy likely secondary to levamisole. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-680043ec864941238affed901aa89daa2025-02-03T07:26:08ZengWileyCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712015-01-01201510.1155/2015/763613763613Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine UserPreeti Jadhav0Hassan Tariq1Masooma Niazi2Giovanni Franchin3Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Department of Medicine, 1650 Selwyn Avenue, Suite No. 10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USABronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Department of Medicine, 1650 Selwyn Avenue, Suite No. 10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USABronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Department of Pathology, 1650 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10457, USABronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Department of Medicine, 1650 Selwyn Avenue, Suite No. 10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USAWe report a case of a 35-year-old female who presented to the emergency room (ER) complaining of a pruritic rash involving multiple areas of the body. She had a significant history of cocaine use in the past. She had first developed a similar rash in 2013 when she was diagnosed with cocaine-induced vasculitis. Her urine toxicology had been positive for cocaine in the past until July 2013. She was incarcerated and attended a drug rehabilitation program after which she quit cocaine use, which was consistent with negative urine toxicology on subsequent admissions. Further workup did not reveal any other, autoimmune or infectious, etiology of this clinical presentation. The patient underwent biopsy of the skin lesion that was consistent with thrombotic vasculopathy likely secondary to levamisole.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/763613 |
| spellingShingle | Preeti Jadhav Hassan Tariq Masooma Niazi Giovanni Franchin Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
| title | Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User |
| title_full | Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User |
| title_fullStr | Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User |
| title_short | Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User |
| title_sort | recurrent thrombotic vasculopathy in a former cocaine user |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/763613 |
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