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[Thoraco-cervicofacial purpura caused by thoracic compression: a new Perthes syndrome?]
P Vidal1, F Angenard, C Jeleff
1Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Urgences, SMUR, Hôpital de Lagny.
Annales Francaises D'Anesthesie Et De Reanimation
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A case of a major thoracocervicofacial purpura in a 16-year-old patient following a prolonged thoracic compression by his motor car is reported. The causative mechanism, equivalent to a Valsalva manoeuvre is discussed. As the first case has been described and analyzed by Perthes, the authors suggest to call it "Perthes syndrome".