title: [Paraffin oil injection in bodybuilders calls for preventive action].
abstract: Injection of paraffin oil to change physical configuration is an obsolete procedure from 1899, revived by bodybuilders as an alternative to intramuscular injections of steroids. Paraffin oil has destructive consequences: skin inflammation, hard oedema, sterile abscesses, diffuse lymphangitis and paraffinomas. We report a case of a 24-year-old male bodybuilder who self-injected one litre of paraffin oil in each arm. Hazard notice and advice to bodybuilders with potential risk attitude or "reverse anorexia" are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Plastikkirurgisk Afdeling, Roskilde Sygehus, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. tfh10@webspeed.dk
authors.forename: Trine Foged
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Henriksen
authors.forename: Jette Bisgaard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Løvenwald
authors.forename: Steen Henrik
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Matzen
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D006177:Gynecomastia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D009821:Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D010232:Paraffin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D012651:Self Medication; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D014891:Weight Lifting; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D009821:Oils; D010232:Paraffin