Purpura
Definition
Purpura is purple-colored spots and patches that occur on the skin, organs, and in mucus membranes, including the lining of the mouth.
Purpuras, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic
Medical Dictionary
Definition of medical terminology for Purpuras, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic.
Purpura occurs when small blood vessels under the skin leak.
When purpura spots are very small, they are called petechiae. Large purpura are called ecchymoses.
Purpura may occur when the platelet count of the blood is low (thrombocytopenia) but there are other causes too. It can occur when the blood vessel wall is particularly fragile, has been damaged, or if the skin is thin.
Purpura and Petechiae
The photograph shows purpura (bruises) and petechiae (dots) in the skin. Bleeding under the skin causes the purple, brown, and red colors of the purpura and petechiae.
purpura - bleeding into the skin, mucous membranes, internal organs and other tissues
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Purpura refers to a purplish or reddish-brown skin rash caused by the leakage of blood from broken capillaries into the skin. Other names for ITP include purpura hemorrhagica and essential thrombocytopenia.
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purpura - the purple color of the skin after blood has "leaked" under it. A bruise is blood under the skin. Persons with ITP may have large bruises from no known trauma. Bruises can appear at the joints of elbows and knees just from movement.
Purpura Hemorrhagica ITP
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a rare autoimmune bleeding disorder characterized by the abnormally low levels of certain blood cells called platelets, ...
Henoch's Purpura
Schonlein's Purpura
General Discussion
Henoch-Schonlein purpura is a rare inflammatory disease of the small blood vessels (capillaries) and is usually a self-limited disease.
Allergic purpura (AP), a form of vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessels), is a disease characterized by inflammation of the small arterial vessels (capillaries) in the skin, kidneys, and intestinal tract.
Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is a short term inflammation of certain blood vessels (vasculitis) thought to be triggered by a malfunction of the immune system.
Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a condition that can cause a skin rash, abdominal pain and joint pains. The kidneys and other parts of the body may also be affected.
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (say "hen-awk shern-line purr-purr-ah") is a disease that causes the blood vessels in the skin to become inflamed (irritated and swollen). This inflammation is called vasculitis.
Henoch-Schonlein purpura on an infant's foot
Henoch-Schonlein purpura on an infant's legs
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is an immune-mediated anaphylactoid reaction to bacterial or viral infection (especially beta-hemolytic streptococcus), drugs (penicillin, sulfonamides, and sedatives), and chemical toxins.
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is a form of blood vessel inflammation or vasculitis. There are many different conditions that feature vasculitis. Each of the forms of vasculitis tends to involve certain characteristic blood vessels.
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
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The body attacks its own blood vessels causing inflammation, rash and arthritis in this autoimmune reaction primarily affecting children.
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Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
What is ITP?
ITP is when the body makes an antibody that destroys platelets circulating in the blood. Because the platelets are being destroyed, the platelet count in the blood goes down.
Who gets Petechiae skin purpura?
Petechiae are commonly found within the population, due to events that occur every day and from minor trauma.
What genes are related to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura?
Mutations in the ADAMTS13 gene cause the familial form of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a blood disorder. Antibodies produced in the spleen attack and destroy the body's own blood clotting cells. These cells are called platelets. Platelets help stop bleeding.
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Definition of Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP):
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets, which are necessary for normal blood clotting.
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; ITP
References
McMillan R. Hemorrhagic disorders: abnormalities of platelet and vascular function. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 179.
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, which is also called ITP, is an autoimmune disorder that causes very low platelet counts. An autoimmune disorder is one in which a person produces antibodies against his or her own tissues.
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Purpura
A hemorraghic disease characterized by extravasation of blood into the tissues producing spontaneous ecchymoses and petechiae.
Purpura
Purpura (from the Latin, purpura, meaning "purple") is the appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin, caused by bleeding underneath the skin. Small spots are called petechiae, while large spots are called ecchymoses.
Purpura: The presence of skin bleeding. This may be in the form of black and blue patches of varying sizes (ecchymoses) or pin-head-sized spots called petechiae or both.
Purpura: A condition characterized by bleeding under the skin or mucous membranes. This results in the appearance of purplish spots or patches.
The main cause of these skin reactions is thrombocytopenia (very low platelet count).
Purpura
Purpura is caused by spontaneous leaking of blood from tiny blood vessels (capillaries). It is a type of bruising that causes purple or red flat spots or patches on the skin and mucus membranes.
Purpura simplex, or capillaritis, is a blood vessel disorder (vascular disorder) that typically means bruising without trauma. It is characterized by easy bruising and deposits of blood under the skin (purpura).
Purpura Haemorrhagica. The spots are circular, and of different sizes; often in stripes or patches, irregularly scattered over the thighs, arms and trunk; with occasional hemorrhage from the mouth, nostrils, or viscera, ...
Purpura
Atypical ecchymoses
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Purpuraor easy bruising signifies involvement of other types of blood cellsin addition to red cells.
Fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegalysuggest infection or neoplasia.
Jaundice suggests active hemolysisdue to hemolytic disorder.
PURPURA: see thrombocytopenic purpura.
PURULENT: characterized by the accumulation of pus.
PUS: a thick, greenish-yellow fluid composed of dead white blood cells, killed microorganisms, and other cellular debris.
Allergic Purpura
Definition Allergic purpura (AP) is an allergic reaction of unknown origin causing red patches on the skin and other symptoms. AP is also called Henoch-Schonlein purpura, named after the two doctors who first described it.
Petechiae, purpura
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It is caused by the passage of maternal antibodies via the placenta when there is a difference in blood type between the pregnant mother and the fetus.
Hematologic: Purpura.
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is an inflammation of the blood vessels in the skin and other body organs. Skin involvement often results in a rash, typically occurring on the buttocks and legs.
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Clinical presentation and other associated clinical features such as a rash in Henoch - Schonlein purpura often make the cause obvious.
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Henoch-Schönlein purpura is diagnosed based on the symptoms and characteristic skin rash. A skin or kidney biopsy can confirm the diagnosis.
Thrombocytopenic purpura
Thrombocytopenic purpura is a low platelet (thrombocyte) count. It causes bleeding under the surface of the skin, which looks like tiny red or purple dots.
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Easy bruising
Skin purpura (purplish skin around the eyes caused by small blood vessels leaking into the skin)
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AMG 531 A drug used to treat patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who do not get better with other forms of treatment. In ITP, platelets (cells that cause blood clots to form) are destroyed by the immune system.
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
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