| waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome | <radiology> Septicaemia (e.g., meningococcaemia), haemorrhagic necrosis of adrenals due to, septic emboli, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), most likely to be adrenal haemorrhage and/or calcification (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Friderichsen, Carl | <person> Danish physician, *1886. See: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, Friderichsen-Waterhouse syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Friderichsen-Waterhouse syndrome | <radiology> Septicaemia (e.g., meningococcaemia), haemorrhagic necrosis of adrenals due to, septic emboli, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), most likely to be adrenal haemorrhage and/or calcification (12 Dec 1998) |