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Penile necrosis secondary to purpura fulminans: a case report and review of literature

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...

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Autores principales: Hogarth, David B., Cheon, Paul M., Kassam, Javeed, Seal, Alexander E., Kavanagh, Alexander G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5411736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx078