Linear localized coumarin necrosis.
We report a 55-year-old man with coumarin necrosis. This drug eruption is sometimes a devastating gangrenous process in sites with abundant underlying adipose tissue. In our patient, however, it assumed an evanescent limited linear distribution on the skin, prompting this report.
D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014859:Warfarin / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014859:Warfarin