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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 269-271 |
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Insulin injection site dystrophic calcification with fat necrosis: A case report of an uncommon adverse effect
Sharad Ramdas1, Anita Ramdas2, Moses Ambroise2
1 Departments of? Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Puducherry, India
2 Department of? Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Puducherry, India
Correspondence Address:
Sharad Ramdas
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet - 605 014, Puducherry
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.141633
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We report a case of an uncommon adverse effect of insulin injection resulting in hard subcutaneous swelling in the lower abdomen of a 47-year-oldfemale with type 1 diabetes. Extensive dystrophic calcification and fat necrosis was revealed on histopathological examination.
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