Kaiber Flávia Larissa, Malucelli Tiago Osternack, Baroni Eloína do Rocio Valenga, Schafranski Marcelo Derbly, Akamatsu Hélcio Takeshi, Schmidt Carolina Cecília Finkler
Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil.
An Bras Dermatol. 2010 Nov-Dec;85(6):915-8. doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962010000600024.
This paper describes a case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia complicated by warfarin-induced skin necrosis in a 74-year old female patient hospitalized with diagnoses of a hip fracture, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism. Warfarin-induced skin necrosis is a rare complication of anticoagulant therapy, with high morbidity and mortality that may be associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.