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ArticleEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine2022

Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Induced by Cocaine Adulterated with Levamisole.

Alberto Barbotti, Alina Cristiana Gheorghiu, Tanja Fusi-Schmidhauser, Lorenzo Grazioli-Gauthier

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Article in European journal of case reports in internal medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alberto BarbottiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano EOC, Lugano, Switzerland.
Alina Cristiana GheorghiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano EOC, Lugano, Switzerland.
Tanja Fusi-SchmidhauserDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano EOC, Lugano, Switzerland.
Lorenzo Grazioli-GauthierDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano EOC, Lugano, Switzerland.
Ospedale regionale di Lugano · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is a cutaneous, small-vessel vasculitis. In 50% of cases the aetiology is idiopathic but it can be linked to drugs, infections, autoimmune disorders and various types of cancer. Levamisole is used as an adulterant in cocaine and heroin and has been associated with the development of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. We describe an atypical presentation of a patient with levamisole-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis who presented with diffuse skin abscesses and a purpuric rash of the upper and lower limbs. LEARNING POINTS: In patients with intravenous drug consumption and a clinical presentation of leukocytoclastic vasculitis, it is important to consider levamisole as a possible contributing factor.Negative screening for MPO-ANCA and PR3-ANCA antibodies does not exclude levamisole-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis.Diagnostic criteria for leukocytoclastic vasculitis induced by levamisole have not yet been established.

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cocaineheroinLeukocytoclastic vasculitislevamisole

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PMID36051168
PMCPMC9426969
OpenAlexW4287092030

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