Purpura: Difference between revisions
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**>2mm of hemorrhage: ecchymoses | **>2mm of hemorrhage: ecchymoses | ||
Revision as of 11:47, 11 May 2016
Background
- Purpura subdivided into:
- <2mm of hemorrhage: petechiae
- >2mm of hemorrhage: ecchymoses
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Petechiae/Purpura (by cause)
- Abnormal platelet count and/or coagulation
- Septicemia
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Leukemia
- Coagulopathies (e.g. hemophilia)
- Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP)
- Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI)
- Hypersensitivity vasculitis
- Primary vasculitides
- Wegener's
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome)
- Secondary vasculitides
- Trauma