Compression Bandage as Treatment for Ulcers Induced by Intramuscular Self-injection of Paraffin Oil

posterior part of the deltoid muscle. Over a period of 1–1.5 years, he carried out 10 series of oil injections of 20 ml in each muscle. In total, he had injected approximately 1 litre of oil in each arm. At the same time he also abused anabolic steroids. Approximately one month after the last series of oil injections, he developed increasing pain in both arms. He also complained of malaise and temperature. The skin covering the deltoid region and the brachial anterior region was red, swollen and indurated. Enlarged painless lymphatic nodes were found in the neck, but none in the axillae. Laboratory examinations showed increased infection parameters with leukocytes 20.2 × 10 9