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Case Reports
. 2024 Jan-Feb;99(1):123-125.
doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2022.06.010. Epub 2023 Sep 22.

Extensive Nicolau syndrome following intramuscular diclofenac sodium injection

Rafael Oliveira Amorim  1 , Alana Luísa Calixto Carlos da Silva  2 , Camila Arai Seque  2 , Adriana Maria Porro  2
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Extensive Nicolau syndrome following intramuscular diclofenac sodium injection

Rafael Oliveira Amorim et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2024 Jan-Feb.
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Figure 1
(A) Violaceous, rectilinear lesions with areas of skin detachment on the thigh and leg. Areas of necrosis with an erythematous halo are also observed. (B) Progression of the necrosis areas seven days after symptom onset
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Figure 2
After 30 days, in the postoperative period of the first surgical debridement on the left thigh (A) and left leg (B)
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Figure 3
Three months after the onset of the condition, the patient shows good aesthetic and functional recovery in the (A) right thigh and hip and (B) right leg and dorsum of the right foot after multiple skin grafts
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