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Case Reports
. 1990 Jul;98(1):237-9.
doi: 10.1378/chest.98.1.237.

Pulmonary talc granulomatosis in a cocaine sniffer

M Oubeid  1 , J T Bickel, E A Ingram, G C Scott
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Pulmonary talc granulomatosis in a cocaine sniffer

M Oubeid et al. Chest. 1990 Jul.

Abstract

The development of pulmonary granulomatosis following intravenous injection of medications intended for oral use has been well described previously. Talc is the most commonly implicated agent. We present a case of talc granulomatosis which developed in a patient following cocaine sniffing and suggest that this may be the cause of development of granulomata in drug addicts who deny any history of intravenous drug abuse.

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