Disseminated intravascular coagulation of fetus or newborn

Definition

Neonatal purpura fulminans is a potentially lethal disorder characterised by progressive haemorrhagic necrosis of the skin associated with cutaneous vascular thrombosis. It is usually due to a genetically transmitted thrombophilic disorder: most commonly homozygous deficiency of protein C or, less frequently, protein S.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Haemorrhagic or haematological disorders of fetus or newborn

• KA80Fetal blood loss
• KA81Umbilical haemorrhage of newborn
• KA82Intracranial nontraumatic haemorrhage of fetus or newborn
• KA83Certain specified neonatal haemorrhages
• KA84Haemolytic disease of fetus or newborn
• KA85Hydrops fetalis due to haemolytic disease
• KA86Neonatal kernicterus
• KA87Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia