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. 2009 Feb;10(1):41.

Purpura fulminans: a cutaneous marker of disseminated intravascular coagulation

Sudip Kumar Ghosh  1 , Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Abhijit Dutta
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Purpura fulminans: a cutaneous marker of disseminated intravascular coagulation

Sudip Kumar Ghosh et al. West J Emerg Med. 2009 Feb.
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Extensive areas of purpura, ecchymosis and skin necrosis with hemorrhagic blebs and disrupted bullae, involving the left lower extremity.
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