Extrameningeal complications of meningococcal septicaemia occur in about 11–19% of cases, and include myocarditis, acute renal failure, arthritis, pneumonia, skin gangrene, conjunctivitis, endocarditis, pericarditis, endophthalmitis, urethritis, WaterhouseFriderichsen syndrome, vasculitis, and digital ischaemia. We describe the use of a prostacyclin analogue in the treatment of cutaneous digita...

A patient with the anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome and digital clubbing is described. No recognized cause for the clubbing was found. It is suggested that platelet aggregation and microthrombi formation as a result of anti-phospholipid antibody may be involved in the pathogenesis of the digital clubbing. This may be a new feature of the anti-phospholipid antibody.

Extrameningeal complications of meningococcal septicaemia occur in about 11–19% of cases, and include myocarditis, acute renal failure, arthritis, pneumonia, skin gangrene, conjunctivitis, endocarditis, pericarditis, endophthalmitis, urethritis, WaterhouseFriderichsen syndrome, vasculitis, and digital ischaemia. We describe the use of a prostacyclin analogue in the treatment of cutaneous digita...