Two cases of iatrogenic cutis and subcutis calcinosis after calcium-containing heparin injection;Calcinose cutanée et sous-cutanée après injection d'héparine calcique : à propos de deux cas

Journal des Maladies Vasculaires

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 366-371

  Bonnecarrere L ^a   Templier, I ^a   Carron, P L ^b   Maurizi, J ^b   Salameire, D ^b   Beani, J C ^a   Blaise, S ^b  

^a Service d'anatomie pathologique et cytologique   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

Calcifying panniculitis; Calcium containing heparin; Subcutis calcinosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN CALCIUM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; DERMIS; DIALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANNICULITIS; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SUPERINFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE INJURY;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; CALCIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PANNICULITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 72049124279     PISSN: 03980499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmv.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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