Clinico-pathologic conference: an 11-year-old girl with lupus erythematosus, venous thromboses, and purpura fulminans.
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.
Mayer
Jennifer L R
JL
Department of Pediatrics, USF College of Medicine, 17 Davis Boulevard, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33606, USA.
Myers
Pearl
P
Barness
Enid Gilbert
EG
Nora
Frederick
F
Patterson
Robert
R
Pomerance
Herbert H
HH
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