Crack Lung: Pulmonary Disease Caused by Cocaine Abuse
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Thoracic Society in American Review of Respiratory Disease
- Vol. 136 (5) , 1250-1252
- https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm/136.5.1250
Abstract
A patient developed 3 separate episodes of fever, transient pulmonary infiltrates, and bronchospasm after inhalation of cocaine. The illness was associated with eosinophilia, pruritus, and an elevated IgE level, indicating an immunologic pathogenetic mechanism. This is a complication of cocaine abuse not previously reported.Keywords
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