Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mullan, Michael J; Magowan, Hanna; Weir, Colin D
- Source
- The Ulster Medical Journal
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Hematoma
Heroin Dependence
Case Report
Intra-arterial injection
Limb Salvage
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Femoral Artery
Intravenous drug abuse
Necrosis
Injections, Intra-Arterial
Femoral artery necrosis
Humans
Surgical Wound Infection
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0041-6193
Accidental intra-arterial injection as a consequence of drug misuse has been described in both the upper and lower limbs. We present a case in which a drug abuser injected heroin into his femoral artery. This resulted in necrosis of the femoral artery requiring an autologous graft. A life threatening haemorrhage necessitated ligation of the common femoral artery. His limb survived.