Andrea Reale wrote:
> It is extremely urgent to know something about a disease in a child 6
> years old in Cagliari-Sardegna-ITALY
> Symptoms are:
> blood ipercoagulation
> thrombs forming in 15 seconds, red coloured, with white nucleus
> 2-3 cm (1 inch) of lenght
> It has been necessary the amputation of a leg.
> If any knows these symptoms or diagnosys, contact
>lukrezia at mbox.vol.it>stefania at alanet.it>schintu at pan.bio.uniroma1.it>psico at mbox.vol.it
Not much of a history to go on, but I presume meningococcaemia has been
excluded as a cause of DIC and then Waterhouse-Frederiechsen syndrome
Regards
Gary
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