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Rasch fortschreitende Hautnekrosen

Rapidly progressing necrotic skin lesions

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Bei dem bisher gesunden Jungen kam es im Rahmen eines benignen Infekts zu rasch fortschreitenden Hautnekrosen bei gutem Allgemeinzustand. Prädisponierend hierfür waren prothrombotische Risikofaktoren (Faktor-V-Leiden-Mutation G1691A, erhöhtes Lipoprotein a), deren Vorliegen bei diesem Patienten bislang unbekannt gewesen war. Auslösend für die Erkrankung war ein zusätzlicher, postinfektiös erworbener Mangel an Protein S und C. Postinfektiöse Vaskulitiden werden am häufigsten nach Infektionen durch Varizellen oder Streptokokken gesehen. Im vorliegenden Fall war die Vorgeschichte bis auf eine vor kurzem abgelaufene Influenzainfektion unauffällig.

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This case report describes a previously healthy boy who developed rapidly progressing necrotic skin lesions after a mild upper airway infection. Some prothrombotic risk factors [factor V Leiden mutation G1691A, elevated lipoprotein(a)], which had not been known to the patient and his family before, were detected. In addition, a postinfectiously acquired protein C and S deficiency triggered the purpura fulminans. Postinfectious vasculitis is most commonly seen in children after varicella or streptococcal infections. Apart from antibodies showing a recent influenza infection, no other evidence of an infection could be found.

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Creutzfeldt, R., Jansson, A. & Kurnik, K. Rasch fortschreitende Hautnekrosen. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 158, 115–117 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-008-1845-1

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