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[[Image: CocaineHydrochloridePowder.jpg | thumb | 250px | Cocaine. (WC/US DEA)]] | |||
'''Cocaine toxicity''' is seen in by pathologists in the [[forensic pathology|forensic]] setting. | '''Cocaine toxicity''' is seen in by pathologists in the [[forensic pathology|forensic]] setting. | ||
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features (heart):<ref name=pmid1346509/> | Features (heart):<ref name=pmid1346509/> | ||
*+/-Large areas of confluent necrosis. | *+/-Large areas of confluent [[necrosis]]. | ||
*+/-Contraction band necrosis. | *+/-[[Contraction band necrosis]]. | ||
*+/-Fibrosis. | *+/-Fibrosis. | ||
*+/-Myocarditis (usu. eosinophilic). | *+/-[[Myocarditis]] (usu. eosinophilic). | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||