A 78-Year-Old Man with a Pulmonary Embolism Who Developed Skin Necrosis 7 Days After Treatment with the Direct Oral Anticoagulant Factor Xa Inhibitor Apixaban

Tusharkumar Pansuriya; Trung Nguyen; Mir Ali Sadat; Syed A. Raza; Siva T. Sarva

doi:10.12659/AJCR.929002

25 January 2021 : Case report USA

A 78-Year-Old Man with a Pulmonary Embolism Who Developed Skin Necrosis 7 Days After Treatment with the Direct Oral Anticoagulant Factor Xa Inhibitor Apixaban

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unexpected drug reaction, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Tusharkumar Pansuriya^1ABCDEF, Trung Nguyen^1BCDE, Mir Ali Sadat^1DE, Syed A. Raza^2DE, Siva T. Sarva^3ACDE*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.929002

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e929002

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Figure 1. The left forearm shows a confluent and extensive area of skin necrosis with no raised skin lesions, no vesicles, and no purulent exudate.

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