Calcinosis Cutis Caused by Subcutaneous Injection of Calcium-containing Heparin in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Acta Derm Venereol. 2018 Jun 8;98(6):614-615. doi: 10.2340/00015555-2927.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects*
  • Biopsy
  • Calcinosis / chemically induced*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Heparin / administration & dosage
  • Heparin / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Skin / drug effects*
  • Skin / ultrastructure
  • Skin Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Skin Diseases / pathology

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • calcium heparin
  • Heparin