Late-onset warfarin-induced skin necrosis: case report and review of the literature

Am J Hematol. 1998 Mar;57(3):233-7. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199803)57:3<233::aid-ajh10>3.0.co;2-b.

Abstract

Warfarin-induced skin necrosis is a rare complication of therapy with warfarin or other coumarin derivatives. When it occurs it usually appears 3 to 6 days after initiation of therapy and almost always between days 1 and 10. We report a case of late-onset (16 days after initiation of therapy) warfarin-induced skin necrosis and review the literature on this rarely reported variant of warfarin-induced skin necrosis. The skin lesion in our patient was not associated with either deficiency of protein C or resistance to activated protein C.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects*
  • Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Protein C / metabolism
  • Skin / drug effects*
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Skin Diseases / metabolism
  • Skin Diseases / pathology
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Warfarin / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors
  • Protein C
  • Warfarin