Radiologic study of injection drug use complications

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2002 Sep;16(3):713-43, ix-x. doi: 10.1016/s0891-5520(02)00008-9.

Abstract

The complications of injection drug use (IDU) can lead to a wide variety of clinical problems that range from complications localized to the injection site to more disseminated disease. The radiologic workup of these problems uses multiple modalities, depending on the location and type of problem to be investigated. This article discusses and illustrates some of the local and disseminated complications that can occur after IDU.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abscess* / diagnostic imaging
  • Abscess* / etiology
  • Cellulitis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cellulitis* / etiology
  • Foreign Bodies* / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neck / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteomyelitis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteomyelitis* / etiology
  • Pleural Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pleural Diseases* / etiology
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed