Surgical treatment of wound defects in fulminant purpura

Fulminant purpura (FP) is an acute rapidly progressing syndrome of disseminated intravascular coagulation, it is accompanied by specific skin manifestations and characterized by extremely high lethality in the absence of adequate timely treatment. This multicomponent disease requires a multidisciplinary approach to its treatment and the phasing of surgical interventions. We have accumulated experience in successful treatment of three patients with fulminant purpura of different etiologies from 2014 to the present time. This article provides an example of the complex treatment of a three-year-old girl with fulminant purpura of both hips that was connected with the deficiency of protein C and the expression after acute respiratory illness.

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