Idiopathic purpura fulminans
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.29, sa.4, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.04.022
- Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.