Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.29, sa.4, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
A 45-year-old man presented to the ED with a history of bruising rush on both his breast areas initiated 2 days ago and which increased rapidly. The vital signs and physical examination result of the patient were normal except for blue-black hemorrhagic and bruised lesions with a surrounding erythematous border on both his breast areas. Prothrombin and activated prothrombin time and international normalized ratio (1.2 [upper level is 1.2]), protein C, protein S, and antithrombine III levels and other laboratory parameters were also normal. He was admitted to the hospital for treatment. We were presented with a case of idiopathic purpura fulminans which is rarely diagnosed in the ED.