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Purpura

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Definition: Purplish or brownish red discoloration, easily visible through the epidermis, caused by hemorrhage into the tissues. When the size of the discolorization is >2-3 cm it is generally called Ecchymoses (ECCHYMOSIS).  General or unspecified; prefer specifics   
Examples Purpura Fulminans; Purpura, Hyperglobulinemic; Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic; Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome 		Other names Petechiae; Purpuras
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Pigmented purpuric eruption  0   *Pigmentation Disorders *Purpura.
Purpura simplex  0   *Purpura.
Ethylmalonic encephalopathy  0   *Purpura *Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn.
pneumococcal purpura-producing principle  0   *Peptidoglycan Purpura. Infect Immun 1981;31(1):339

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