title: Purpura fulminans in an adult.
abstract: Purpura fulminans is a rare disease of childhood, manifested by massive hemorrhage into the skin, widespread thrombosis of venules and arterioles and a hematologic picture of disseminated intravascular coagulation. An unusual case in a 68-year-old man is presented and the mode of therapy discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010949:Plasma; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D011693:Purpura / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology