title: Cordarone Extravasation Inducing Volkmann's-like Syndrome.
abstract: We report a case of Volkmann's-like syndrome occurred after an extravasation of 300 mg of cordarone administrated for a cardiac arrest.The day following the extravasation, an extensive necrosis of the skin and soft tissues occurred. The patient progressively developed a retraction of the muscles of her forearm. To the best of our knowledge this is first the reported case of an acute necrosis of the soft tissue inducing a Volkmann's-like retraction of the upper limb subsequent to a cordarone extravasation. The imaging findings are provided along with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service of MSK imaging, University Hospital of Liege (CHU), Domain du Sart Tilman Bat. 45, 4000-B Liege, Belgium.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simoni
authors.affiliation: Departement of Radiology, University Campus Bio-medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scarciolla
authors.affiliation: Service of MSK imaging, University Hospital of Liege (CHU), Domain du Sart Tilman Bat. 45, 4000-B Liege, Belgium.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maréchal
authors.affiliation: Service of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Liege (CHU), Domain du Sart Tilman Bat. 45, 4000-B Liege, Belgium.
authors.forename: Selma Ben
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mustapha
authors.affiliation: Departement of Radiology, University Campus Bio-medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Bruno Beomonte
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Zobel
keywords: Adverse effects; Amiodarone; Necrosis chemically induced; Skin pathology