Cutaneous Stigmas of Heroin Addiction

Autor: Alexander W. Young, Frederic R. Rosenberg
Rok vydání: 1971
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Zdroj: Archives of Dermatology. 104:80
ISSN: 0003-987X
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1971.04000190082014
Popis: The cutaneous stigmas of heroin addiction are important clues in recognizing unreported or covert drug abuse. To emphasize these findings, a case is reported in which the sequelae to drug use were unusual and muitilating. Common signs of drug use are abscess and ulceration, "pop" scar, skin "tracks," edema of the hands, jaundice, gynecomastia, "high" pruritus, "pseudo" acanthosis nigricans, cheilitis, acne excoriee, excoriations, tourniquet pigmentation, fixed drug eruption, thermal burns, and melanosis (?).
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