Author/Authors :
Noaparast، Morteza نويسنده Department of General Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Mirsharifi، Rasoul نويسنده , , Elyasinia، Fezzeh نويسنده Department of General Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Parsaei، Reza نويسنده Department of General Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Kondori، Hessam نويسنده Department of General Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Farifteh، Sara نويسنده Department of General Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ,
Abstract :
A 3-year-old boy was admitted to the emergency department with right lower limb pain, edema, and livedoid discoloration that occurred immediately after intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin. The patient was diagnosed with Nicolau syndrome, a rare complication of intramuscular injection presumed to be related to the inadvertent intravascular injection. It was first reported following intramuscular injection of bismuth salt, but it can occur as a complication of various other drugs. Fasciotomy was carried out due to the resultant compartment syndrome and medical therapy with heparin, corticosteroid, and pentoxifyllin was initiated.
