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Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)»Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (A39.1)
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
A condition of HEMORRHAGE and NECROSIS of the ADRENAL GLAND. It is characterized by rapidly developing ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; HYPOTENSION; and widespread cutaneous PURPURA.