Spontaneous amputation of the forearm in a cocaine user case report

Abstract

The menace of cocaine addiction is real and mainly affects young people, the peripheral arterial thrombosis induced by cocaine are rare but they are described in the literature, but never cases of spontaneous amputation. We will describe in this manuscript a rare case of spontaneous amputation of the forearm in 38 years old man, known as a drug addict with notions of cocaine use. He consulted at the emergency for spontaneous loss of his forearm with absolute calm. This takes us to publish this case to discuss the consequences of cocaine use on the health both the vital prognosis than on functional prognosis and its impact on public health.