Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use

An Bras Dermatol. 2017 Nov-Dec;92(6):877-878. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177232.

Abstract

We report a 42-year-old cocaine addicted female patient referred for evaluation of hard palate ulceration resulting in oro-sinus communication with difficulties in swallowing and phonation, an rhino-sinusitis. Acrylic and removable silicone prosthesis was prescribed to relieve severe functional disorders. It is essential that the patient permanently abandons cocaine use to perform surgical reconstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cocaine / adverse effects
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nasal Septal Perforation / chemically induced*
  • Nasal Septal Perforation / diagnosis*
  • Nasal Septal Perforation / therapy
  • Oral Fistula / chemically induced*
  • Oral Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Oral Fistula / therapy
  • Palatal Obturators
  • Palate, Hard / diagnostic imaging
  • Palate, Hard / drug effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Cocaine