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Cordarone Extravasation Inducing Volkmann’s-like Syndrome

We report a case of Volkmann’s-like syndrome occurred after an extravasation of 300 mg of cordarone administrated for a cardiac arrest.The day following the extravasation, an extensive necrosis of the skin and soft tissues occurred. The patient progressively developed a retraction of the muscles of...

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Autores principales: Simoni, Paolo, Scarciolla, Laura, Maréchal, Carole, Mustapha, Selma Ben, Zobel, Bruno Beomonte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28352402
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/cr120w
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Sumario:We report a case of Volkmann’s-like syndrome occurred after an extravasation of 300 mg of cordarone administrated for a cardiac arrest.The day following the extravasation, an extensive necrosis of the skin and soft tissues occurred. The patient progressively developed a retraction of the muscles of her forearm. To the best of our knowledge this is first the reported case of an acute necrosis of the soft tissue inducing a Volkmann’s-like retraction of the upper limb subsequent to a cordarone extravasation. The imaging findings are provided along with a review of the literature.