Neonate with calcinosis cutis following extravasation of calcium gluconate.

摘要

Calcium gluconate has been widely used in the management of neonatal hypocalcemia. When extravasation of a calcium gluconate infusion occurs, there may be rapid and marked swelling, erythema, and signs of soft tissue necrosis or infection, with ensuing extensive local calcification, called calcinosis cutis. In most cases, calcinosis cutis following extravasation of calcium gluconate can be treated conservatively without any special treatment.5"7 However, it is often difficult to make a proper diagnosis because the disease is rare in the orthopedic field, there is a time discrepancy between the clinical symptoms and radiographic findings, and most patients are neonates. There are only two reports of this disease in the orthopedic literature. This report describes a neonate with "calcinosis cutis" following extravasation of calcium gluconate.The patient's family was informed that the data from this case would be submitted for publication, and they gave their consent.