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Crack lung: pulmonary disease caused by cocaine abuse
D G Kissner1, W D Lawrence, J E Selis
1Department of Medicine, Hutzel Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.
The American Review of Respiratory Disease
|November 1, 1987
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.