title: Clinico-pathologic conference: an 11-year-old girl with lupus erythematosus, venous thromboses, and purpura fulminans.
abstract: An 11 year old girl with known diagnosis of lupus erythematosus with nephritis was admitted with respiratory distress during an episode in which she had infection with varicella-zoster virus complicated by purpura fulminans. She had a downhill course, terminating with a pulmonary embolus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, USF College of Medicine, 17 Davis Boulevard, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33606, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L R
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Pearl
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Enid Gilbert
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Barness
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nora
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Herbert H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Pomerance
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D018455:Protein S Deficiency / Q000209:etiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology