Tietge U J, Schmidt H H, Jäckel E, Trautwein C, Manns M P
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
J Intern Med. 1998 Apr;243(4):313-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00304.x.
In this paper we report a case of 76-year-old white male patient with skin necrosis induced by subcutaneous prophylactic administration of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH). Skin necrosis occurred distant from heparin injection sites and without concomitant thrombocytopenia. This is the first reported case presenting these clinical findings.