Nicolau Syndrome after Intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin Injection

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 pr...

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Main Authors: Noaparast, Morteza, Mirsharifi, Rasoul, Elyasinia, Fezzeh, Parsaei, Reza, Kondori, Hessam, Farifteh, Sara
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242994/