A Case of Acute Infectious Purpura Fulminans.
- Author:
Sang Won LEE
1
;
You Chan KIM
;
Hyang Joon PARK
;
Yong Woo CINN
;
Sung Chul YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. kyccc@dku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acute infectious purpura fulminans;
Pneumococcal sepsis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation;
Female;
Hemostasis;
Humans;
Necrosis;
Purpura Fulminans*;
Purpura*;
Sepsis;
Shock;
Skin
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2003;41(11):1550-1553
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Purpura fulminans(PF) is a devastating disorder characterized by rapidly progressing hemorrhagic necrosis of the skin, circulatory collapse, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Histopathologically skin lesions show thrombi within the dermal vessels, a sparse perivascular mononuclear infiltrate, and epidermal necrosis. PF can be classified into three distinct categories: acute infectious PF (sepsis associated PF), hemostasis induced PF, and idiopathic PF. We describe a case of acute infectious PF occurring in 65-year old female with pneumococcal sepsis.
