Global InformationNonthrombocytopenic purpura information
| Nonthrombocytopenic purpura | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Dermatology |
Nonthrombocytopenic purpura is a type of purpura (red or purple skin discoloration) not associated with thrombocytopenia.[1]
Nonthrombocytopenic purpura has been reported after smoking mentholated cigarettes.[2]
Examples/causes include:
- Henoch–Schönlein purpura[3]
- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia[4]
- Congenital cytomegalovirus[1]
- Meningococcemia
- ^ a b "MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Purpura". Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ Parikh's Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
- ^ Chan, Ka Wah; Leung, Alexander K. C. (August 2001). "Evaluating the child with purpura". American Family Physician. 64 (3): 419–28. PMID 11515831. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. p. 650. ISBN 978-0-7216-0187-8.