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Uncommon Location of Purpura Fulminans: Case Report and Literature Review
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Uncommon Location of Purpura Fulminans: Case Report and Literature Review

Sahar Hasan Alsharif, Abdullah Al-Omair and Fedaa Andijani
Case reports in dermatology, Vol.12(1), pp.5-11
01/01/2020
PMCID: PMC7011717
PMID: 32095125

Abstract

Dermatology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
Purpura fulminans is a critical, mostly fatal, thrombotic syndrome that requires urgent intervention. Purpura fulminans is an acute purpuric rash characterized by coagulation of the microvasculature, which leads to purpuric lesions and skin necrosis. In this report, we present a rare case of an adult patient who was admitted with rapidly forming purpura fulminans in an uncommon location.
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