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Embolia cutis medicamentosa (Nicolau-Syndrom) nach intraartikulärer Injektion

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Die Embolia cutis medicamentosa (Nicolau-Syndrom) ist eine sehr seltene Nebenwirkung nach intramuskulären, meist intraglutäalen Injektionen, die mit teilweise großflächigen Nekrosen im Injektionsareal einhergeht. Pathogenetisch wird eine medikamentöse Embolie durch intra- oder paraarterielle Injektion nach vorheriger Durchstechung eines Gefäßes diskutiert. In dieser Kasuistik berichten wir erstmals über eine Embolia cutis medicamentosa nach intraartikulärer Injektion am Kniegelenk.

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Embolia cutis medicamentosa (Nicolau Syndrom) is a very rare complication of intramuscular injections which presents with extensive necrosis of the injected skin area. Intra-arterial and/or para-arterial injections after prior perforation of certain vessels are discussed as possible pathogenetic mechanisms. We describe the occurrence of embolia cutis medicamentosa after intra-articular injections into the knee.

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Hautkrankheiten, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Direktor: Prof. Dr. Th. A. Luger), , , , , , XX

    Stefan Beissert, Dagmar Presser, Anita Rütter, Dieter Metze, Thomas A. Luger & Thomas Schwarz

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Eingegangen am 24. Juli 1997 Angenommen am 14. Januar 1998

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Beissert, S., Presser, D., Rütter, A. et al. Embolia cutis medicamentosa (Nicolau-Syndrom) nach intraartikulärer Injektion. Hautarzt 50, 214–216 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001050050892

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