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Bilateral tunnel vision as the first presenting sign of levamisole-induced vasculitis
- Source :
- Journal of Health Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- University of Sarajevo Faculty of Health Sciences, 2018.
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Abstract
- Levamisole-contaminated cocaine is an increasingly reported cause of a syndrome characterized by vasculitic skin lesions and immunologic abnormalities. With approximately 70% of cocaine in the United States now contaminated with levamisole, the incidence of this syndrome is likely to increase. We report the case of a 42 years-old Caucasian woman who presented with fronto-temporal pulsating headache and progressive bilateral loss of vision.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Nursing (miscellaneous)
cocaine
Medicine (miscellaneous)
vasculitis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
intoxication
medicine
Tunnel vision
lcsh:R5-920
levamisole
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Levamisole
medicine.disease
Dermatology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
tunnel vision
medicine.symptom
lcsh:Medicine (General)
business
Vasculitis
Skin lesion
Levamisole-induced vasculitis
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Sign (mathematics)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19868049 and 22327576
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2ccd5d8f1a339f8b7b6c5ebad019d097