Late onset of warfarin-ınduced skin necrosis: A case report with review of the literature

Warfarine bağlı cilt nekrozu nadir, fakat önemli bir komplikasyondur. Altmışsekiz yaşında erkek hasta ani başlayan göğüs ağrısı, nefes darlığıve sol bacakta şişlik ile başvurdu. Çekilen toraks bilgisayarlı tomografi anjiografide, her iki alt lob pulmoner arter ve dalları içerisindetrombüs izlendi. Hastaya heparin ve warfarin başlandı. Tedavinin 5. ayında sol bacakta diz etrafında yaygın palpabl peteşi ve purpura gelişti.Sağ bacak tibia ön yüzünde koyu eritemli zemin üzerinde nekrotik kurut ve bül izlenen plak görüldü. Bu arada, cilt lezyonları başlamadanönce iki gün süre ile ibuprofen aldığı öğrenildi. Hastanın cilt nekrozunun warfarine bağlı geliştiği düşünüldü ve warfarin kesilerekenoksaparin başlandı. Cilt lezyonları düzelmediğinden, rivaroksaban tedavisi başlandı. Rivaroksabandan sonra, cilt lezyonları kayboldu.Warfarin alan hastalarda, yeni gelişebilecek cilt lezyonları açısından kontrollerde hastaların mutlaka iyi sorgulanması gerektiğini vurgulamakamaçlı olgu sunulmuştur.

Geç dönemde warfarine bağlı gelişen cilt nekrozu: Literatür eşliğinde bir olgu sunumu

Skin necrosis is a rare but serious complication of warfarin. A 68-year-old male patient was admitted with sudden chest pain,breathlessnessand swelling of the left leg.The chest CT angiography showed thrombus both in the lower lobe pulmonary artery and its branches. Heparinand warfarin was administered. After a time,warfarin application was continued. Palpable petechiae and purpura developed the left leg andthe knee in the 5th month of the treatment. Meanwhile,it was learned the patient had taken ibuprofen for 2 days before the developmentof the skin lesions. The examination showed that the patient had necrotic bullae on a dark erythhematous surface around the front of theright leg tibia. Skin necrosis was thought to be due to warfarin, and warfarin was stopped. Enoxaparin was initiated. Because the skinlesions did not improve,rivaroxaban treatment was started,and lesions eventually disappeared. Skin lesions should be evaluated with care inpatients taking warfarin.

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