Recreational drug use has become an imminent social and health problem throughout the world. Intravenous injection for misuse been described in both upper lower limbs is a major cause of millions deaths each year; are primarily due to fatal overdose trauma infection caused by repeated injections. This paper presents accidental death massive blood loss, which resulted from rupture right femoral ...

Femoral pseudoaneurysm is a common occurrence in intravenous drug abuser due to repeated trauma to the femoral artery causing arterial leak contained by the surrounding tissue and does not contain all the layers of arterial wall. Rupture of these aneurysm to exterior is a common presentation while rupture into surrounding structure deemed an emergency surgical attention. Hence, we report an unu...

Arterial complications from inadvertent arterial puncture in intravenous drug abusers are well recognised. Most reports describe injury to the femoral artery with occasional reports of brachial and radial artery injury. A case of subclavian artery injury is described in this paper, and the pathophysiology and treatment of intraarterial drug injection discussed.

It is the habit of some drug consumers to dissolve the powder of crushed pills, intended for oral use, in water and inject this solution intravenously. Insoluble particles than obstruct pulmonary vessels causing microscopic pulmonary emboli. These foreign bodies migrate and penetrate into the perivascular space and interstitium, resulting in chronic inflammation and foreign body giant cell reac...

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A 56-year-old man has been admitted on several prior occasions for left groin abcesses related to injection drug use. Comorbid disorders include diabetes and tobacco abuse. Recent test results for HIV and TB (PPD test) were negative. On past admissions related to intravenous abuse of heroin and cocaine, the patient was treated with antibiotics and incision with drainage. A CXR and subsequent CT...