TY - JOUR
T1 - Cocaine abuse
T2 - Dermatologic manifestations and therapeutic approaches
AU - Brewer, Jerry D.
AU - Meves, Alexander
AU - Bostwick, J. Michael
AU - Hamacher, Kirsten Lyn
AU - Pittelkow, Mark R.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Cocaine affects the cutaneous system and other organ systems. Cocaine use is associated with vasculitides, infectious complications, and numerous dermatologic conditions. It has been associated with formication (ie, tactile hallucinations of insects crawling underneath the skin), which leads to delusions of parasitosis and other psychosis-related dermatologic disorders. When a patient presents to a dermatology clinic with chronic skin lesions, a vague medical history, negative findings from previous evaluations, labile affect, and delusional behavior, drug screening should be performed to identify possible cocaine use.
AB - Cocaine affects the cutaneous system and other organ systems. Cocaine use is associated with vasculitides, infectious complications, and numerous dermatologic conditions. It has been associated with formication (ie, tactile hallucinations of insects crawling underneath the skin), which leads to delusions of parasitosis and other psychosis-related dermatologic disorders. When a patient presents to a dermatology clinic with chronic skin lesions, a vague medical history, negative findings from previous evaluations, labile affect, and delusional behavior, drug screening should be performed to identify possible cocaine use.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.040
DO - 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.040
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18467002
AN - SCOPUS:48749101364
SN - 0190-9622
VL - 59
SP - 483
EP - 487
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
IS - 3
ER -