Heparin-associated skin necrosis.

Fowlie, J; Stanton, P D; Anderson, J R · Postgrad Med J · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A case of skin necrosis at the sites of injection of subcutaneous heparin is described. The patient went on to develop heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and pulmonary embolism. Review of the previously described cases of heparin-associated skin necrosis reveals that this sequence of events is not uncommon.

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