title: [Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in adults].
abstract: Only a minority of published cases of Waterhouse-Friderichsen-syndrome occurred in adults (Harms et al., 1973). At the autopsy of a 23 years old woman there were found sugillations of the eyelid, of the peri- and epicard, of the serosa of the small intestine and of the lung. In the region of the adrenal gland a brownish-red mass was detectable. Histologically an adrenal apoplexy with necrosis and in liver, spleen and lung a lot of neutrophils were seen. Streptococcus viridans was pointed out in the blood.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Varchmin-Schultheiss
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holtz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horn
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Waterhouse-Friderichsen-Syndrom im Erwachsenenalter.