Background: Evaluation of the result on the nasal septum (NS) of primary anterior septoplasty in cleft surgery is lacking. The deviation in patients with a cleft between those with (S+) and without (S-) primary anterior septoplasty during a cleft lip repair was compared.
Methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive, single-center study.
Idiopathic purpura fulminans (IPF) is a rare and severe form of purpura fulminans caused by acquired protein S deficiency. It can lead to severe thrombotic complications, such as large skin necrosis and amputation. The lesions almost exclusively affect the lower limbs, and their distribution is similar among patients with IPF, unlike classical purpura fulminans lesions.
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