Frostbite of the face after recreational
misuse of nitrous oxide
by
Hwang JC, Himel HN, Edlich RF.
Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Virginia,
School of Medicine,
Charlottesville, USA.
Burns. 1996 Mar;22(2):152-3.

ABSTRACT

Exposure of the skin to nitrous oxide, a liquified gas stored under pressure in a cylinder, can occur in anaesthesiologists and in those involved in recreational misuse of the gas. A case is reported of a man who presented to the emergency department after sniffing nitrous oxide and sustaining frostbite injury to his left cheek. Conservative management of this injury allowed spontaneous separation of the necrotic tissue and healing of the granulating wound by contraction.

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