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Purpura fulminans:
| • | usually describing severe purpura in patients with DIC |
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC):
| • | activation of the coagulation system |
| • | etiology infection/ sepsis (especially meningococcemia, massive tissue injury e.g. burns, in a child: Kasabach-Merit, in a pregnant woman: abruptio placenta): |
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