Severe haemosiderin pigmentation after intravenous iron infusion

摘要

Haemosiderin pigmentation is a known cosmetically disfiguring complication of intramuscular (IM) iron injections.1-2 It results from leakage of iron into subcutaneous tissues, generally from reflux of solution through the injection site and is more common with poor technique.1 Some clinicians consider that pigmentation after intravenous (IV) infusions is either trivial or does not occur, a view often cited in preferring the IV over the IM route.