Endocrinology · Endocrinology / Adrenal disorders
Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome
also: Acute adrenal hemorrhage in meningococcemia
Acute adrenal failure with purpura from bilateral adrenal hemorrhage in septicemia.
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Subspecialty
- Endocrinology / Adrenal disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes, more common in children
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Acute adrenal hemorrhage in meningococcemia
Etiology & mechanism
Overwhelming infection with disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (7)
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3 shared
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hypotension
Shares genes with
None.
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