Gemcitabine-induced skin necrosis

Gemcitabine-Induced Extensive Skin Necrosis

An 82-year-old woman presented with oedema and extensive necrotic ulcerative lesions on the back side of her lower limbs, emerging after the second cycle of chemotherapy consisting of Gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer. The absence of any convincing argument in favor of cardiovascular or autoimmune disease led us to attribute the onset of skin necrosis to chemotherapy administration. ...

Gemcitabine induced skin rash.

Warfarin-Induced Skin Necrosis

Warfarin-induced skin necrosis is an infrequent complication occurring in individuals under warfarin treatment who have a thrombophilic history or after administration of large loading doses of warfarin particularly without simultaneous initial use of heparin. A 62-year-old lady developed skin necrosis 4 days after initiating warfarin therapy of 5 mg daily without initial co-administration of h...

Enoxaparin-induced Skin Necrosis.

Dear editor, Anticoagulant-induced skin necrosis is a rare and serious complication of treatment with these commonly prescribed drugs. Few cases of heparin induced skin necrosis have been reported in literature and only a small number of them was attributed to enoxaparin (1). We report a case with a delayed diagnosis and fatal outcome. A 78-year-old obese woman with history of hyper-tension, po...

Enoxaparin-Induced Skin Necrosis

DESCRIPTION A previously well 96-year-old woman underwent a hemiarthroplasty of her right hip. She was treated postoperatively with subcutaneous injections of enoxaparin for venous thromboembolic (VTE) prophylaxis, as per hospital protocol. She developed 2 areas of skin necrosis at the location of the injection sites 4 days postoperatively.