WARFARIN SKIN NECROSIS OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY IN A PATIENT WITH HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
SYREK JR CALLIGARO KD DOUGHERTY MJ DELAURENTIS DA
Citation
Jr. Syrek et al., WARFARIN SKIN NECROSIS OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY IN A PATIENT WITH HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA - A CASE-REPORT, Vascular surgery, 32(3), 1998, pp. 291-294
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Vascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00422835
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
291 - 294
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-2835(1998)32:3<291:WSNOTU>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and warfarin skin necrosis is reported in a 62-year-old man treated for a subclavian venous throm bosis. These two complications occurring in the same patient have been reported only on two other occasions. Warfarin skin necrosis affectin g the upper extremity has been reported only in four other patients.