purpura fulminans

purpura fulminans
purpura ful·mi·nans -'fu̇l-mə-.nanz, -'fəl- n purpura of an often severe progressive form esp. of children that is characterized by widespread necrosis of the skin and that is associated with a severe illness, results from an inherited or acquired defect of a certain biochemical pathway, or is of unknown cause

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a form of nonthrombocytopenic purpura seen mainly in children, usually following an infectious disease such as scarlet fever or varicella; characteristics include fever, shock, anemia, and sudden and rapidly spreading symmetrical skin hemorrhages of the lower limbs, often with extensive intravascular thromboses and gangrene.

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