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ArticleProceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)2019

Multiple cutaneous and mucosal lesions in a patient with cocaine-levamisole-induced vasculopathy syndrome.

Arianne Clare Agdamag, Ofelya Gevorgyan, Michael Lawrenz Co, Sobia Hassan

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Article in Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arianne Clare AgdamagDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinois.ORCID 0000-0002-2948-039X
Ofelya GevorgyanDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinois.
Michael Lawrenz CoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinois.
Sobia HassanDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinois.
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Levamisole is an adulterant found in nearly 70% of cocaine in the United States. The concomitant use of levamisole and cocaine leads to a distinct clinical syndrome that typically manifests as agranulocytosis, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, and elevated antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) levels. Systemic involvement has also been rarely reported with this syndrome. This is a case of a 51-year-old woman with chronic cocaine use who initially presented with multiple cutaneous ulcerations and was later found to have pulmonary and renal involvement. Infectious workup was unrevealing and autoimmune workup revealed highly elevated levels of perinuclear ANCA. Due to continuous cocaine use despite counseling, the patient was readmitted with worsening pulmonary and renal manifestations requiring initiation of immunosuppressive therapy.

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ANCA antibodycocainecocaine-levamisole vasculitislevamisole

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PMID30956595
PMCPMC6442899
OpenAlexW2907724141

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