Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Purpura Fulminans in a 9-Year-Old Boy with Auto-Amputation of Digits: A Case Report

Abstract

Naheed Maqbool*, Rabbia Khurshid, Saleem Ullah Khan and Noor Us Sabah

Purpura fulminans may have infectious, hereditary and idiopathic etiology. We came across a case of purpura fulminans in a 9-year-old boy who
had been healthy for first 4 years of his life and suddenly developed gangrenous lesions on extremities which proceeded to the detachment of
some digits. Laboratory evaluation revealed mild anemia, hypoalbuminemia, high platelet count, elevated aPTT, PT and INR, mild proteinuria and
high urinary protein to creatinine ratio. Child was managed by warfarin therapy.