[Extensive transfixing skin necrosis after breast biopsy under local anesthesia: About four cases].

Introduction: Local anesthetics with adrenaline are widely used in routine practice and have long proven their benefits and safety. The rare complications due to their use mainly concern immuno-allergic and vascular mechanisms.

Description: In this article, we present four similar cases of early transfixing skin necrosis occurring after radioguided breast biopsy under local anesthesia using epinephrine local anesthetics in the context of a diagnostic approach to breast cancer.