A case of skin hypopigmentation secondary to a corticosteroid injection

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1393-1394

  Okere, Kennedy ^a   Jones, Melissa C ^a,b  

^a Memorial Health   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Corticosteroids; Hypopigmentation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDINOPATHY; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 33845930482     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000224269.12873.0e     Document Type: Article

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