Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review

Accidental intra-arterial injection as a consequence of drug misuse has been described in both the upper and lower limbs. We present a case in which a drug abuser injected heroin into his femoral artery. This resulted in necrosis of the femoral artery requiring an autologous graft. A life threatenin...

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Autores principales: Mullan, Michael J, Magowan, Hanna, Weir, Colin D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Ulster Medical Society 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2604479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18956804
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description Accidental intra-arterial injection as a consequence of drug misuse has been described in both the upper and lower limbs. We present a case in which a drug abuser injected heroin into his femoral artery. This resulted in necrosis of the femoral artery requiring an autologous graft. A life threatening haemorrhage necessitated ligation of the common femoral artery. His limb survived.
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spelling pubmed-26044792008-12-18 Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review Mullan, Michael J Magowan, Hanna Weir, Colin D Ulster Med J Case Report Accidental intra-arterial injection as a consequence of drug misuse has been described in both the upper and lower limbs. We present a case in which a drug abuser injected heroin into his femoral artery. This resulted in necrosis of the femoral artery requiring an autologous graft. A life threatening haemorrhage necessitated ligation of the common femoral artery. His limb survived. The Ulster Medical Society 2008-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2604479/ /pubmed/18956804 Text en © The Ulster Medical Society, 2008
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Mullan, Michael J
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Weir, Colin D
Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review
title Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review
title_full Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review
title_fullStr Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review
title_short Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review
title_sort femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: a case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2604479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18956804
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