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Case Reports
. 2020 May-Jun;16(3):239-241.
doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2018.02.014. Epub 2018 May 18.

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

[Article in English, Spanish]
Mauricio Restrepo-Escobar  1 , Dayana Sylva  2 , Juan Guillermo Gamboa  3 , Andrés Echeverri  4 , Javier Márquez  4 , Luis Fernando Pinto  4
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Pulmonary-renal syndrome secondary to cocaine-levamisole-induced vasculitis: A case report

[Article in English, Spanish]
Mauricio Restrepo-Escobar et al. Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed). 2020 May-Jun.
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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.

Keywords: Alveolar hemorrhage; Cocaine; Cocaína; Hemorragia alveolar; Levamisol; Levamisole; Pulmonary-renal syndrome; Síndrome pulmón-riñón; Vasculitis.

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