Vascular changes in the nasal submucosa of chronic cocaine addicts.

Abstract	A detailed, correlative, histologic evaluation of postmortem changes in the nasal mucosa of chronic cocaine users has shown characteristic mucosal and arteriolar changes as well as typical perivascular and subepithelial alterations compatible with chronic inflammation. These findings confirm and extend recent reports on the effects of cocaine in the coronary circulation and heart muscle as well as provide a new diagnostic tool to the forensic pathologist who suspects that a decedent has been a long-term cocaine abuser.
Authors	J M Chow, A L Robertson Jr, R J Stein
Journal	The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology (Am J Forensic Med Pathol) Vol. 11 Issue 2 Pg. 136-43 (Jun 1990) ISSN: 0195-7910 [Print] United States
PMID	2343840 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References	Cocaine
Topics	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Arterioles (pathology) Cocaine Female Fibrosis Humans Male Middle Aged Nasal Mucosa (blood supply, pathology) Substance-Related Disorders (pathology)

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