Skin and soft tissue necrosis from calcium chloride in a deicer

Min Peter Kim; Vittorio J. Raho; John Mak; A. Murat Kaynar

doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.05.030

Skin and soft tissue necrosis from calcium chloride in a deicer

Min Peter Kim, Vittorio J. Raho, John Mak, A. Murat Kaynar

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Abstract

Calcium chloride salt is the principle ingredient of many commercially available deicers. Calcium chloride melts snow and ice by its osmotic action. We present a case of skin and soft tissue necrosis associated with the use of a calcium chloride-containing deicer. Although calcium chloride is known to produce soft tissue necrosis if it extravasates during intravenous administration, necrosis and skin sloughing has rarely been described after topical exposure to this salt. Calcium chloride likely produces tissue injury from the heat liberated by mixing calcium chloride with water (exothermic reaction) and from direct calcium deposits in the skin (calcinosis cutis) and soft tissue.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	41-44
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.05.030
State	Published - Jan 2007

Keywords

calcinosis cutis
Calcium chloride
deicer
exothermic
necrosis

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Emergency Medicine

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