Pulmonary-renal syndrome secondary to cocaine-levamisole-induced vasculitis : A case report

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary-renal syndrome has rarely been reported as the clinical presentation of vasculitis caused by the consumption of cocaine adulterated with levamisole. We report the case of a patient in whom we detected the clinical manifestations and indicate the difficulties that arose in relatio...

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Autores:
Restrepo Escobar, Mauricio
Sylva, Dayana
Gamboa, Juan Guillermo
Echeverri, Andrés
Márquez, Javier
Pinto, Luis Fernando
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/23008
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/23008
Palabra clave:
Vasculitis
Cocaine
Cocaína
Levamisole
Levamisol
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
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Summary:ABSTRACT: Pulmonary-renal syndrome has rarely been reported as the clinical presentation of vasculitis caused by the consumption of cocaine adulterated with levamisole. We report the case of a patient in whom we detected the clinical manifestations and indicate the difficulties that arose in relation to the diagnostic and therapeutic approach.