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- * The patient experienced skin necrosis and muscle breakdown, confirmed by high levels of a specific enzyme (creatine phosphokinase), leading to significant tissue damage.
- * Surgical interventions included amputations of parts of the feet and fingers, and reconstruction of the buttock area using a specialized flap technique, with other areas treated with skin grafts.
Article Abstract
We describe a case of purpura fulminans due to septicemia after artificial abortion. Our patient suffered purpuric progressive skin necrosis on the back, extremities and buttock. Rhabdomyolysis involvement was confirmed by high level of creatinine phosphokinase and appearance of much brownish discharge from necrotic gluteal muscle and latissimus dorsi muscle. Amputation of both feet and second, third, fourth and fifth fingers of the right hand was performed. The buttock lesion was reconstructed with the posterolateral thigh V-Y flap after debridement. Other lesions were covered with split-thickness skin grafts.
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