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Necrotic Ulcers Secondary to Apomorphine Infusion

Open Access
|Dec 2021

Abstract

Background: Apomorphine is a potent dopamine agonist used in the treatment of advanced and fluctuating Parkinson’s Disease. However the need for its subcutaneous infusion can lead to skin reactions.

Phenomenology Shown: We illustrate necrotic ulcers at infusion sites as a rare event during continuous subcutaneous apomorphine infusion.

Educational value: This case demonstrates the rare adverse event of necrotic ulcers in a patient with long term apomorphine infusion.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.648 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 29, 2021
Accepted on: Dec 6, 2021
Published on: Dec 27, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Yudy Llamas-Osorio, Caitriona McLoughlin, Michael Maguire, Tim Lynch, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.