Dissecting aortic aneurysm and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Abstract

swelling of the legs.He was treated with rifampicin and dapsone from the outset, his reaction being controlled by prednisolone and thalidomide.Progress was uneventful, and nine weeks later leg oedema had virtually dis- appeared, superficial veins were normal, and he could breathe freely through his nose for the first time in several years.