Waterhouse-Friedrichsen Syndrome
Facts
:
Adrenal hemorrhage
Almost 100% mortality
History / PE
:
Infant with meningococcemia
Sudden vasomotor collapse (hypotension)
Skin rash (large purpuric lesions on the flanks)
Associated With
:
Primary adrenal insufficiency
July 9th 2010
Categories
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics
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