Drugs, skin changes

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Skin lesions caused by the chronic use of "drugs" and thus are a monitoring sign for their use.

ClassificationThis section has been translated automatically.

Injection sites:

  • Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation along fibrosed vessels (track marks)
  • Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation due to improper venous congestion (tourniquet hyperpigmentation)
  • scars, round atrophic due to subcutaneous injections (skin poping scars)
  • Puff tattoos by injection of foreign material (sooting tatoos)
  • Edema on the back of the hand (putty hand syndrome)
  • Lesional infections

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Enk A (2014) Cutaneous complications from coke and croc. Close Dermatology 30:54

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer