Pulmonary talc granulomatosis in a cocaine sniffer.
Oubeid M, Bickel JT, Ingram EA, Scott GC.
Department of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics 65203.
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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PMID: 2361397 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]