Hyperacute paraplegia and neurovascular (immuno vasculotoxic) catastrophe of nicolau syndrome: Primum non nocere

Hyperacute paraplegia and neurovascular (immuno vasculotoxic) catastrophe of nicolau syndrome: Primum non nocere

A case of Nicolau syndrome (NS) in a 36-year-old adult taking an unusual and devastating hyperacute irreversible paraplegia after an intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin as a part of routine chemoprophylaxis of her rheumatic heart disease is reported. Although this syndrome is a consider...

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Main Authors: Bhaskara P Shelley, Prasanth Prasad, Malla M Manjunath, Shrijeet Chakraborti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Subjects:
Embolia cutis medicamentosa
hyperacute paraplegia
intramuscular
leukocytoclastic vasculitis
myelopathy
Nicolau syndrome
paraplegia
vasculitis
immuno-vasculo-toxic
Online Access:http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2019;volume=22;issue=1;spage=104;epage=108;aulast=Shelley

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