Purpura Fulminans: Report of A Case.
- Author:
Eun Jung CHYUNG
;
Baik Kee CHO
;
Jung Won KIM
;
Won HOUH
;
Sung Hak PARK
;
Hae won PYUN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Anemia;
Child;
Dermatology;
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation;
Ecchymosis;
Female;
Fever;
Heparin;
Humans;
Hypotension;
Lower Extremity;
Necrosis;
Purpura Fulminans*;
Purpura*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1980;18(2):155-159
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Purpura fuIminans is a rare form of nonthrombocytapenic purpura characterized by sudden onset, fever, prostration, anemia and symmetrical massive ecchymoses, usually of the lower extremities, and hypotension associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). A 18 years old female patieat with characteristic clinical manifestations of purpura fulminans was seen at the department of Dermatology, St. Pauls Hospital. With intensive systemic corticasteroid and heparin treatmemts, the ecchymoses and necrosis began to heal, leaving multiple, thick esehar formation from 8th day, Although purpura fulminana has been known to attack mainly children, this case was of adolescent age.
