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Abused drugs/substances (illicit-, street-) - oral, i.v. or inhaled

Foreign body pulmonary vasculopathy (Excipient lung disease)

See also under Vv. Angiocentric foreign body granulomas may engulf talc, cellulose, starch, silica or crospovidone particles. For acrylate cement, see under under VIh. Review at PMID 23864061

Publications

Pena E, Dennie C, Franquet T, Milroy C

Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism: a radiological perspective.

Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR 2012 Dec;33;522-34 — 2012 Dec — 522-34

Griffith CC, Raval JS, Nichols L

Intravascular Talcosis due to Intravenous Drug Use Is an Underrecognized Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension.

Pulmonary medicine 2012;2012;617531 — 2012 — 617531

Milroy CM, Parai JL

The histopathology of drugs of abuse.

Histopathology 2011 Oct;59;579-93 — 2011 Oct — 579-93

Passarino G, Ciccone G, Siragusa R, Tappero P, Mollo F

Histopathological findings in 851 autopsies of drug addicts, with toxicologic and virologic correlations.

The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology 2005 Jun;26;106-16 — 2005 Jun — 106-16

WENDT VE, PURO HE, SHAPIRO J, MATHEWS W, WOLF PL

ANGIOTHROMBOTIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN ADDICTS. "BLUE VELVET" ADDICTION.

JAMA 1964 May 25;188;755-7 — 1964 May 25 — 755-7

Lemoine R, Dusmet M

Images in clinical medicine. Pulmonary granulomas in an intravenous drug user.

The New England journal of medicine 2000 Nov 02;343;1312 — 2000 Nov 02 — 1312

Waller BF, Brownlee WJ, Roberts WC

Self-induced pulmonary granulomatosis. A consequence of intravenous injection of drugs intended for oral use.

Chest 1980 Jul;78;90-4 — 1980 Jul — 90-4

Farber H, Glauser FL

The effect of oral hydralazine on the pulmonary hemodynamics of patients with pulmonary foreign body granulomatosis.

Chest 1982 Dec;82;708-12 — 1982 Dec — 708-12

Zeltner TB, Nussbaumer U, Rudin O, Zimmermann A

Unusual pulmonary vascular lesions after intravenous injections of microcrystalline cellulose. A complication of pentazocine tablet abuse.

Virchows Archiv. A, Pathological anatomy and histology 1982;395;207-16 — 1982 — 207-16

Bainborough AR, Jericho KW

Cor pulmonale secondary to talc granulomata in the lungs of a drug addict.

Canadian Medical Association journal 1970 Dec 05;103;1297-8 — 1970 Dec 05 — 1297-8

Hopkins GB

Pulmonary angiothrombotic granulomatosis in drug offenders.

JAMA 1972 Aug 21;221;909-11 — 1972 Aug 21 — 909-11

Genereux GP, Emson HE

Talc granulomatosis and angiothrombotic pulmonary hypertension in drug addicts.

Journal of the Canadian Association of Radiologists 1974 Jun;25;87-93 — 1974 Jun — 87-93

Røger M, Rognum TO, Ingum J, Welle-Strand G

[Intravenous abuse of crushed tablets. A case with fatal outcome].

Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke 1990 Jun 20;110;2080-1 — 1990 Jun 20 — 2080-1