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Age and Ageing 2005 34(2):193-194; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi032
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Age and Ageing Vol. 34 No. 2 © British Geriatrics Society 2005; all rights reserved

Case Report

Low-molecular-weight heparin-associated fat necrosis of the breast

Abhay Kumar Das

Medicine for the Elderly, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Email: abhaylopa{at}yahoo.co.uk

Fat necrosis of the breast is a well-recognised complication of unfractionated heparin. The following is a case of fat necrosis due to low-molecular-weight heparin in a 91-year-old woman admitted to hospital with unstable angina.

Keywords: heparin, fat necrosis, breast

Received October 15, 2004; Revision received November 23, 2004. accepted in revised form November 23, 2004.


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