A CASE OF COUMARIN NECROSIS WITH PENILE AND PEDAL INVOLVEMENT

Authors
HARMANYERI Y TASKAPAN O DOGAN B BALOGLU H BASAK M
Citation
Y. Harmanyeri et al., A CASE OF COUMARIN NECROSIS WITH PENILE AND PEDAL INVOLVEMENT, JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 10(3), 1998, pp. 248-252
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09269959
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
248 - 252
Database
ISI
SICI code
0926-9959(1998)10:3<248:ACOCNW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A 57-year-old male patient with advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung, w ho was administered oral anticoagulant therapy because of pulmonary em bolism, developed coumarin necrosis confined to the penis and feet. To our knowledge, this patient showing acral involvement is the seventh case of coumarin-induced penile necrosis reported to date. (C) 1998 El sevier Science B.V.