Pseudoscleroderma secondary to phytonadione (vitamin K1) injections

Cutis. 1989 Apr;43(4):365-8.

Abstract

Two patients showed symmetrical sclerodermoid (morphea-like) skin lesions at sites of intramuscular phytonadione (vitamin K1) injections. The lesions appeared one and two years after the injections. A dense sclerosis involving the reticular dermis and subcutaneous fat was observed on histologic examination of biopsy specimens. Local adverse reactions to phytonadione are reviewed. Possible causative mechanisms for phytonadione-induced pseudoscleroderma are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intramuscular
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Scleroderma, Localized / chemically induced*
  • Scleroderma, Localized / pathology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Vitamin K 1 / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Vitamin K 1