Post-injection embolia cutis medicamentosa – Nicolau Syndrome: case report and literature review

Abstract We report on the case of a 40-year-old male who was admitted to the clinic with a large ulcer on his left buttock, 3 days after an intramuscular benzathine penicillin injection. The patient was diagnosed with Nicolau syndrome, a rare vascular complication in which a lesion develops after in...

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Main Authors: Carlos Alberto Araujo Chagas, Tulio Fabiano de Oliveira Leite, Lucas Alves Sarmento Pires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2016-01-01
Series:Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492016005002101&lng=en&tlng=en