All issues > Volume 37(11); 1994

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1994;37(11):1620-1623. Published online November 15, 1994.

A Case of Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene in Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Mi Jeong MJ Kim¹, Seung Hee SH Park¹, Sun Wha SW Kim¹, Don Hee DH Ahn¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The symmetrical peripheral gangrene syndrome consists of sudden onset of symmetrical gangrene of the fingers, toes and more raely, the nose, upper lip, ear lobes, or genitalia. There is no evidence of occulusion of large vessels or vasculitis. We experienced a case of symmetrical peripheral gangrene developed in fingers and toes with disseminated intravascular coagulation in 20 day-old permature infant with sepsis by Enterobacter aerogenes. Thereafter, we presented a case with a brief review of the related literatures.

Keywords :Symmetrical peripheral gengrene, Disseminated intravascular coagulation