Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
| Description | Case of Cocaine Addiction |
| Author | Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology |
| Copyright | Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine |
673 - Is showing a nasal septum with complete perforation, from a case of cocaine addiction.
Addicts use cocaine as a snuff; and due to the presence of other irritant powder (as salicylic acid) mixed with cocaine (as adulteration) an ulcer will be formed in the mucosa covering the nasal septum. Repeated use of this snuff (e.g. addiction) will lead to deepening of the ulcer, till complete perforation.