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Accidental intra-arterial injection.

Accidental intra-arterial injection of intramuscular antibiotic preparations is described in 3 cases in infants. In 2 benzathine penicillin was injected, and in 1 rolitetracycline. The clinical features are dominated by arteriolar obstruction which produces gangrene of the most severely affected limb. In addition, neuroloigcal involvement occurs when vessels to nerves or spinal cord are involve...

Localized retiform purpura after accidental intra-arterial injection of polidocanol.

Sir, Non-inflammatory retiform (net-like or livedoid) purpura (NIRP) is a clinical pattern produced by small vessel occlusion in dermis. Several disorders such as coagulation abnormalities, cold-related gelling, microorganism vessel invasion or embolization leading to microvascular occlusion may share in common a clinical picture of localized or generalized NIRP (1). NIRP lesions are usually sh...

Accidental intra-arterial injection of diclofenac -case report.

Diclofenac sodium is a very common drug used in medical practice for analgesia and is freely available over the counter without any medical prescription. The drug is also the most commonly used or misused by quacks working all over India. Many case reports have been published on upper limb catastrophe of unintentional intra-arterial injection of barbiturates, thiopental sodium, narcotics, and t...

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