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Purpura fulminans is a devastating disorder characterized by rapidly progressing hemorrhagic necrosis of the skin, vascular collapse, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. It is most often seen in children, and it is usually preceded by meningococcemia or another infection. Most often, the disorder results in severe skin loss, but it can also result in the need for extremity amputations. In extreme cases, wound coverage after excision may be problematic because of the limited existence of donor sites and the need for amputation revisions. The case of a 21/2-year-old male requiring amputations of all four extremities due to severe purpura fulminans is presented to illustrate the use of Integra Artificial Skin (Integra Lifesciences Corp., Plainsboro, NJ) to obtain immediate wound closure. Integra Artificial Skin is a bilayered skin substitute that engrafts to a viable wound bed. In the case presented here, where the viability of the underlying tissue of the amputated stumps was questionable, the artificial skin acted as an indicator of that viability. It engrafted well onto the upper extremity stumps, which were of excellent viability, but it needed to be replaced on the lower extremity stumps, which required further debridement and amputation revisions. The use of artificial skin spared the patient the immediate use of his limited and valuable autograft sites. In conclusion, Integra Artificial Skin can be a useful adjunct in the treatment of severe purpura fulminans that includes skin and extremity necrosis.
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PMID:Integra Artificial Skin as a useful adjunct in the treatment of purpura fulminans. 971 Jul 31

Necrotizing fasciitis and purpura fulminans are two destructive infections that involve both skin and soft tissue. Necrotizing fasciitis is characterized by widespread necrosis of subcutaneous tissue and the fascia. Historically, group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus has been identified as a major cause of this infection. However, this monomicrobial infection is usually associated with some underlying cause, such as diabetes mellitus. During the last two decades, scientists have found that the pathogenesis of necrotizing fasciitis is polymicrobial. The diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis must be made as soon as possible by examining the skin inflammatory changes. Magnetic resonance imaging is strongly recommended to detect the presence of air within the tissues. Percutaneous aspiration of the soft tissue infection followed by prompt Gram staining should be conducted with the "finger-test" and rapid-frozen section biopsy examination. Intravenous antibiotic therapy is one of the cornerstones of managing this life-threatening skin infection. Surgery is the primary treatment for necrotizing fasciitis, with early surgical fasciotomy and debridement. Following debridement, skin coverage by either Integra Dermal Regeneration Template or AlloDerm should be undertaken. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy complemented by intravenous polyspecific immunoglobulin are useful adjunctive therapies. Purpura fulminans is a rare syndrome of intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin; it is rapidly progressive and accompanied by vascular collapse. There are three types of purpura fulminans: neonatal purpura fulminans, idiopathic or chronic purpura fulminans, and acute infectious purpura fulminans. Clinical presentation of purpura fulminans involves a premonitory illness followed by the rapid development of a septic syndrome with fever, shock, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. The diagnosis and treatment of these conditions is best accomplished in a regional burn center in which management of multiple organ failure can be conducted with aggressive debridement and fasciotomy of the necrotic skin. The newest revolutionary advancement in the treatment of neonatal purpura fulminans is the use of activated protein C.
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PMID:Massive soft tissue infections: necrotizing fasciitis and purpura fulminans. 1571 17

Purpura fulminans is a rare syndrome of intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin that is rapidly progressive and accompanied by vascular collapse and disseminated intravascular coagulation. It usually occurs in children, but this syndrome has also been noted in adults. The purpose of this collective review is to provide modern concepts on the diagnosis and treatment of neonatal purpura fulminans, idiopathic purpura fulminans, and acute infectious purpura fulminans. There are three forms of this disease that are classified by the triggering mechanisms. First, neonatal purpura fulminans is associated with a hereditary deficiency of the natural anticoagulants Protein C and Protein S as well as Antithrombin III. Idiopathic purpura fulminans usually follows an initiating febrile illness that manifests with rapidly progressive purpura. Deficiency of Protein S is considered to be central to the pathogenesis of this form of the disease. The third and most common type of purpura fulminans is acute infectious purpura fulminans. The mortality rate has decreased with better treatment of secondary infections, supportive care, and new treatments, but it remains a disabling condition often requiring major amputations.
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PMID:Modern concepts of the diagnosis and treatment of purpura fulminans. 1865 66

Purpura fulminans is a rare syndrome of intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin that is rapidly progressive and is accompanied by vascular collapse and disseminated intravascular coagulation. It usually occurs in children, but this syndrome has also been noted in adults. The three forms of this disease are classified by the triggering mechanisms. We describe three classical cases of purpura fulminans of the three classical prototypes treated at our center and their varied clinical outcomes. We also describe a case of acute infectious purpura fulminans secondary to systemic leptospirosis which to our best knowledge is the first reported case in world literature. The various treatment options for purpura fulminans have also been reviewed.
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PMID:Spectrum of purpura fulminans: report of three classical prototypes and review of management strategies. 2242 68

We report the case of a 60-year-old Hispanic male with widespread necrotic purpuric lesions involving the penile, suprapubic, inguinal and hip dermis due to purpura fulminans. Purpura fulminans describes a rare syndrome involving intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin; this rapidly progressing syndrome features vascular collapse and disseminated intravascular coagulation. This patient's penile necrosis involved the majority of the penile shaft and glans penis, and ultimately required partial glansectomy and repeated debridement for treatment. Subsequently, full thickness skin grafting was completed for reconstruction with good effect. While reports of penile necrosis secondary to various causes are documented in the literature, no prior reports describe penile necrosis secondary to purpura fulminans.
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PMID:Penile necrosis secondary to purpura fulminans: a case report and review of literature. 2847 75