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23 February 2022: Articles

Penile Necrosis Associated with Local Intravenous Injection of Cocaine

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Haider Ghazanfar A* , Paola Valeria Espinosa A , Cosmina Zeana A , Sridhar Chilimuri A , Donald Rudikoff A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935250

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935250

Table 1. Vasculitis and sexually transmitted disease workup.

InvestigationResult
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) antibodyNegative
Urine Neisseria gonorrhoeae ribonucleic acid, transcription- mediated amplification (RNA, TMA)Negative
Urine Chlamydia trachomatis RNA, TMANegative
Rapid plasma reagin (RPR)Negative
Fluorescent treponemal antibody (FTA)Negative
Hepatitis B core total antibodyNegative
Hepatitis B surface antibodyPositive
Hepatitis B surface antigenNegative
Hepatitis C antibodyPositive
Hepatitis C viral loadTarget not detected
Perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (P-ANCA)Negative
Cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (C-ANCA)Negative
Cardiolipin antibody Immunoglobulin (Ig) G
Cardiolipin antibody IgA
Cardiolipin antibody IgM
B2-Glycoprotein I Ig A35 (≤20 ZZ)
B2-Glycoprotein I Ig M14 (≤20 ZZ)
B2-Glycoprotein I Ig G12 (≤20 ZZ)
Antiphosphatidylserine IGG antibody
Antiphosphatidylserine IGM antibody
Antiphosphatidylserine IGA antibody
Urine drug screenPositive for cannabis, cocaine, methadone

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923