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Case Reports
. 2023 Apr 26:36:89-91.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.04.016. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Severe cutaneous ulcerations secondary to xylazine (tranq): A case series

Jenny Wei  1 , Christopher Wachuku  2 , Juliana Berk-Krauss  1 , Katherine T Steele  1 , Misha Rosenbach  1 , Elizabeth Messenger  1
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Case Reports

Severe cutaneous ulcerations secondary to xylazine (tranq): A case series

Jenny Wei et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: consultative dermatology; drugs; general dermatology; tranq; ulcer; ulceration; xylazine.

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Figures

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Representative clinical photos of xylazine-associated cutaneous ulcerations (A, Case 4, B, Case 5, C, Case 1): angulated ulcerations with eschar and islands of spared normal skin.
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