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ArticleJournal of dermatological case reports2013

Photoletter to the editor: Diffuse cocaine-related purpura.

Debjeet Sarkar, Hussein A Kammona, Leonard N Lamsen, Bradley A McAbee, Christopher T Clark, Solomon S Lee, Shane E Kelley

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Article in Journal of dermatological case reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Debjeet SarkarUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA;
Hussein A KammonaUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA;
Leonard N LamsenUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA;
Bradley A McAbeeUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA;
Christopher T ClarkUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center, Department of Pathology, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA;
Solomon S LeeUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center, Department of Pathology, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA;
Shane E KelleyUniversity of TennesseeMedical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA.
University of Tennessee Medical Center · USAlcoa (United States) · USUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffuse purpura is an uncommon skin manifestation found in platelet and coagulation disorders, meningococcemia, vasculitides and cocaine use. Reports of cocaine-related purpura predominantly involve adulteration with the anti-helminthic, levamisole. Levamisole enhances the effects of cocaine and is known to cause vasculitis. Recently, the CDC also released an advisory of oxymorphone being used intravenously causing thrombogenic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). We report the case of a patient with diffuse purpura ultimately diagnosed with cocaine-related thrombogenic vasculopathy. In the current environment of adulterated cocaine usage and increased prescription narcotic abuse, it is crucial to investigate substance abuse as a cause of diffuse purpura.

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cocainelevamisoleoxymorphonepurpura

Identifiers

PMID24421868
PMCPMC3888784
OpenAlexW24528771

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