[Severe acute limb ischemia resulting in rescue disarticulation in a patient with Nicolau syndrome following intramuscular penicillin injection: a case report].

We here report the case of a 9-year-old child suffering from Nicolau syndrome involving the left pelvic limb with severe acute limb ischemia following intramuscular benzathine penicillin injection into the buttock. Given the rarity of acute limb ischemia in children, this case of complicated Nicolau syndrome combining acute arterial thrombosis and severe rhabdomyolysis leading to rescue hip dislocation is very interesting. Copyright: Somnoma Jean-Baptiste Tougouma et al.