Vegetative lesions associated with inhaled cocaine use

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2022 Aug;47(8):1586-1588. doi: 10.1111/ced.15221. Epub 2022 May 26.

Abstract

We present two cases of vegetating exudative lesions involving the oral mucosa, in patients that are cocaine users, with findings in biopsy and in direct immunofluorescence consistent with the diagnosis of pyostomatitis vegetans-pyodermatitis vegetans.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Cocaine* / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Mouth Mucosa / pathology
  • Pemphigus* / pathology
  • Pyoderma* / pathology
  • Stomatitis* / pathology

Substances

  • Cocaine