Vitamin K reaction
Vitamin K reaction | |
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ICD-10 | Y44.3 |
ICD-9-CM | E934.3 |
Vitamin K reactions occur after injection with vitamin K, and there are two patterns of presentation, (1) a reaction may occur several days to 2 weeks after inection with skin lesions that are pruritic, red patches and plaques that can deep-seated, involving the dermis and subcutaneous tissue, or (2) with subcutaneous sclerosis with or without fasciitis, that appears at the site of injection many months after treatment.[1]:123 The latter pseudosclerodermatous reaction has been termed Texier's disease and lasts several years.[1]:123[2]
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