Embolia cutis medicamentosa: an unusual adverse reaction to terlipressin.
Ann Gastroenterol
; 30(6): 700-703, 2017.
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Terlipressin is a synthetic long-acting analog of vasopressin widely used to control variceal bleeding by lowering portal venous pressure. We report an unusual adverse reaction to terlipressin in a 78-year-old patient with esophageal variceal bleeding who developed skin necrosis soon after treatment initiation. Skin biopsy revealed embolia cutis medicamentosa.
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Ann Gastroenterol
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2017
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