title: [Cholesterol embolization following anticoagulant treatment].
abstract: A 65-year-old female patient with pulmonary embolism developed widespread, extremely painful hemorrhagic necroses of the skin and subcutaneous tissue of the lower extremities 5 weeks after initiation of anticoagulation therapy. Due to the clinical and histopathologic findings and the course of the disease, a diagnosis of cholesterol embolization was made. The characteristic features of this clinical entity and differential diagnostic considerations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: I. Universitäts-Hautklinik Wien.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanew
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rappersberger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002784:Cholesterol; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Cholesterolembolisation unter Antikoagulantien-Behandlung.