Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
- Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Wa·ter·house-Frid·er·ich·sen syndrome 'wȯt-ər-.hau̇s-'frid-(ə-)rik-sən- n acute and severe meningococcemia with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands
Waterhouse Rupert (1873-1958)
British physician , and
Friderichsen Carl (1886-1979)
Danish physician. Waterhouse described in 1911 a syndrome of acute collapse associated with hemorrhages in the adrenal glands, usually observed in severe cases of meningitis caused by the meningococcus. Friderichsen published his own independent description of the syndrome in 1918.
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acute haemorrhage in the adrenal glands with haemorrhage into the skin associated with the sudden onset of acute bacteraemic
shock. It is usually caused by meningococcal septicaemia (
see meningitis).
R. Waterhouse (1873-1958), British physician; C. Friderichsen (20th century), Danish physician
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a fulminating complication of meningococcemia, with bilateral adrenal hemorrhages, characterized by sudden onset and short course, cyanosis with petechial hemorrhages of the skin and mucous membranes, fever, and hypotension that can lead to shock and coma.
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