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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

septicemia (e.g., meningococcemia)
hemorrhagic necrosis of adrenals due to
- septic emboli
- disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)
see also adrenal hemorrhage and/or calcification

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013