Pregnancy-associated purpura fulminans (PF) Púrpura fulminans asociada al embarazo

<p>PF is a serious cutaneous purpuric disease, associated with an intravascular disseminated coagulation syndrome. Among its known causes, besides those of thrombophilia, are viral and bacterial infections, mostly Neisseria meningitidis. During pregnancy there are alterations in the he...

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Main Authors: Gisela de la Rosa Echavez, Marisol Bedoya A., Martín E. Vásquez, Nora E. Saldarriaga Cartagena, Alvaro H. Restrepo C., Jorge Hernando Donado Gómez, Carlos A. Cadavid Gutiérrez, Alvaro M. Quintero Ossa, Luis G. González P.
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2005-03-01
Series:Iatreia
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Online Access:http://www.iatreia.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/168
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Summary:<p>PF is a serious cutaneous purpuric disease, associated with an intravascular disseminated coagulation syndrome. Among its known causes, besides those of thrombophilia, are viral and bacterial infections, mostly Neisseria meningitidis. During pregnancy there are alterations in the hemostatic mechanism. However, by themselves, they have not been shown to lead to PF. The case of a 22-year-old woman who developed PF during pregnancy, presumably due to her Escherichia coli urinary tract infection, is presented including clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic and surgical aspects. She recovered but suffered amputation of the distant phalanges of three toes in the left foot </p> La púrpura fulminans (pf) es una enfermedad cutánea purpúrica aguda asociada a un síndrome de coagulación intravascular diseminada (CID). Sus causas conocidas incluyen infecciones virales y bacterianas así como trombofilias. Es sabido que durante el embarazo existen alteraciones en los mecanismos hemostáticos, sin embargo, no se ha demostrado que estos fenómenos por sí solos ayuden al desarrollo de la PF. Se describe el caso de una mujer de 22 años, quien tuvo PF en circunstancias inusuales tales como el desarrollo de su cuadro durante el embarazo y el origen probable en una infección por E. coli. Se presentan los hallazgos clínicos, las intervenciones médicas y quirúrgicas y el desenlace. La paciente sobrevivió, pero hubo necesidad de amputarle las falanges distales de tres artejos del pie izquierdo.
ISSN:0121-0793
2011-7965