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Acquired purpura fulminans
Disease definition
A life-threatening, rapidly progressive thrombotic disorder affecting mainly neonates and children that is characterized by purpuric skin lesions and disseminated intravascular coagulation. It may progress rapidly to multi-organ failure caused by thrombotic occlusion of small and medium-sized blood vessels. There are two forms of the disorder that are classified according to triggering mechanisms: acute infectious (the most common form), and idiopathic purpura fulminans.
ORPHA:49566
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s): -
- Prevalence: Unknown
- Inheritance: Not applicable
- Age of onset: Infancy, Neonatal, Childhood, Adult
- ICD-10: D65
- ICD-11: 3B20
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C4510896
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: 10037556
A summary on this disease is available in Español (2014) Français (2014) Nederlands (2014) Polski ()
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