Purpura and petechiae are spots of skin discoloration that occur when small blood vessels under the skin break and bleed. The main difference between the two is their appearance. Purpura and petechiae ...

Purpura are small spots caused by the leaking of blood from blood vessels near the surface of your skin. A purpuric rash is an area of your skin covered in purpura. These spots may appear purplish red ...

A 20-year-old woman presents to the dermatology clinic with a 5-day history of a mildly pruritic rash on both of her legs and feet. She has no pertinent medical history and denies any recent illness ...

Case Findings: A 43-year-old man went to the emergency department with a symmetrical rash of palpable purpura on his legs. He also complained of a fever and arthralgia, but denied any headache or neck ...

To accurately assess and diagnose this patient’s condition, the clinician needs to consider conditions that would cause a symmetric, worsening, dependent, purpuric rash. This pattern is typical of a ...

CORRECTION of abnormally low concentration of plasma components is usually attempted by replacement therapy. However, evidence from studies of purpura fulminans in man 1,2 and from studies of the ...