![Skin staining due to intravenous iron extravasation in a teenager with Crohn's disease | Archives of Disease in Childhood Skin staining due to intravenous iron extravasation in a teenager with Crohn's disease | Archives of Disease in Childhood](https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/105/4/362/F1.large.jpg)
Skin staining due to intravenous iron extravasation in a teenager with Crohn's disease | Archives of Disease in Childhood
![Nigel H 🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁 on Twitter: "@calmIBDstudent I've been told that the “modern” iron infusions are less prone to the side effects but just found this on the NICE website regarding #ferinject https://t.co/DLkYbUasp7" / Nigel H 🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁 on Twitter: "@calmIBDstudent I've been told that the “modern” iron infusions are less prone to the side effects but just found this on the NICE website regarding #ferinject https://t.co/DLkYbUasp7" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHlD0OLX4AE9uzy.jpg:large)
Nigel H 🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁 on Twitter: "@calmIBDstudent I've been told that the “modern” iron infusions are less prone to the side effects but just found this on the NICE website regarding #ferinject https://t.co/DLkYbUasp7" /
Optifer - IV iron may permanently stain skin if there is a leakage of the infusion in the surrounding soft tissue. Aside from staining, IV Iron has an array of side effects.
![Extensive skin hyperpigmentation following intravenous iron infusion - Wong - 2019 - British Journal of Haematology - Wiley Online Library Extensive skin hyperpigmentation following intravenous iron infusion - Wong - 2019 - British Journal of Haematology - Wiley Online Library](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/9d1d5646-39c5-4028-81b0-d40a984f8ce8/bjh15628-fig-0001-m.jpg)