Wheless Lee, Zhu Lilly, Mashayekhi Mona, Fissell Rachel B
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2016 Feb 2;4(1):2324709616629786. doi: 10.1177/2324709616629786. eCollection 2016 Jan-Mar.
Intravenous injection of buprenorphine as a cause of livedoid dermatitis is a recently described phenomenon. This report reviews the brief literature of this finding, and presents a case of livedoid dermatitis of both heels following injection more than one day prior, and thesuccessful treatment with nifedipine monotherapy.