Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Department of Medicine, Children Hospital and Institute of Child’s Health, Lahore, Pakistan

Publications

• Case Report   
  Purpura Fulminans in a 9-Year-Old Boy with Auto-Amputation of Digits: A Case Report
  Author(s): 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... Read More»
  

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