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An expert discusses the clinical presentation and diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), emphasizing that isolated thrombocytopenia with mucosal bleeding and petechiae is highly ... Petechiae are tiny red, flat spots that appear on your skin. They are a sign of blood leaking from capillaries under your skin.
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Capillaries are the tiniest blood vessels that connect arteries to veins ... Although some causes are harmless, petechiae could be a symptom of a more serious condition. Getting a prompt diagnosis is always important, but especially so if you or your child experiences fever ... The New England Journal of Medicine: Purpura in Congenital and Acquired Rubella THE observation of a newborn infant with widespread petechiae and thrombocytopenia born to a mother who had had rubella during the 1964 epidemic stimulated us to seek other newborn and older children ...
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Also known as pigmented purpuric dermatoses, benign pigmented purpura (BPP) include a spectrum of disorders characterized clinically by a purpura that morphologically appears to have distinct forms ... The course of untreated idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura usually takes one of two forms, acute or chronic; the former is usually self-limited, and the latter is self-perpetuating. Hirsch and ... Our patient had senile purpura, a condition in which capillary bleeding results from chronic congestion and fragile blood-vessel walls. An increased tendency to hemorrhage from usually insignificant ...