SKIN NECROSIS UNRELATED TO INJECTION SITES AFTER HEPARIN ADMINISTRATION

Skin necrosis is a rare side effect of heparin therapy that is usually localized at injection sites. A 79-year-old patient developed severe thrombocytopenia and extensive skin necrosis unrelated to injection si tes after subcutaneous administration of heparin. Although heparin the rapy was discontinued, the patient died few days later following myoca rdial infarction. To out knowledge this is the 2nd reported case of sk in necrosis after subcutaneous administration of heparin unrelated to injection sites.