Open AccessSíndrome de Nicolau por la administración de la vacuna séxtuple intramuscular en un lactante de 6 meses
Author(s) -
Paola Cecilia Stefano,
Mónica Garello,
María F Nolte,
Patricia Lamy,
Norberto Giglio,
Vanesa Castellano,
Ángela Gentile
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2017.e13
Subject(s) - medicine
Nicolau syndrome, also known as embolia cutis medicamentosa or livedo-like dermatitis, is a sudden tissue necrosis, a rare complication of intramuscular injection of some drugs. We report a case of a 6-month-old girl who received intramuscularly the third dose of hexavalent vaccine (DTaP- HVB-IPV/HIb), and immediately presented a livedoid lesion around the injection site, progressing to necrosis. We reinforce the importance of early diagnosis to perform a suitable treatment and clinical follow-up to avoid ischemic secondary complications.