LOWER LEG FRACTURE WITH PARKES-WEBER SYNDROME COMPLICATED BY DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION

Reports of Parkes-Weber syndrome complicated by disseminated intravasc ular coagulation (DIC) are rare in the orthopaedic literature. This is a case report of a 23-year-old man who had this syndrome and who sust ained a lower-leg fracture complicated by the DIG. Open reduction was not attempted because the DIC worsened after manual reduction. Amputat ion was rejected by the patient. Three months of continuous infusion o f heparin and replacement therapy with fresh frozen plasma was done. C ast immobilization without further reductions was continued. The DIC i mproved and union of the fractures was observed at 2 years and 3 month s after injury.