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Post-infectious purpura fulminans

Author(s) -

G R Sunilkumar,

C Somashekhar,

R. Sujatha

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2386-110X

pISSN - 1391-5452

DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v44i3.8018

Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , medicine , publishing , scopus , transparency (behavior) , library science , family medicine , medline , political science , socioeconomics , law , tanzania , sociology , computer science

A 4 year old girl presented to the paediatric outpatient department with purpuric and necrotic skin lesions, predominantly involving upper and lower limbs, preceded by fever 15 days back. Purpura and ecchymosis appeared on the 8 day of fever and progressed to necrotic skin lesions, associated with facial puffiness and pedal oedema. On examination, child was conscious, alert and haemodynamically stable with extensive necrotic skin lesions involving upper and lower limbs predominantly and few lesions in face and trunk (Figures 1 & 2).

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