LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT HEPARIN-INDUCED SKIN NECROSIS OCCURRING DISTANT FROM INJECTION SITES AND WITHOUT THROMBOCYTOPENIA

Authors
TIETGE UJF SCHMIDT HHJ JACKEL E TRAUTWEIN C MANNS MP
Citation
Ujf. Tietge et al., LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT HEPARIN-INDUCED SKIN NECROSIS OCCURRING DISTANT FROM INJECTION SITES AND WITHOUT THROMBOCYTOPENIA, Journal of internal medicine, 243(4), 1998, pp. 313-315
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09546820
Volume
243
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
313 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-6820(1998)243:4<313:LHSNOD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
In this paper we report a case of 76-year-old white male patient with skin necrosis induced by subcutaneous prophylactic administration of l ow-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH). Skin necrosis occured distant from heparin injection sites and without concomitant thrombocytopenia. Thi s is the first reported case presenting these clinical findings.