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Petechiae and Purpura

Petechiae and Purpura: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Platelet Disorders


Thrombocytopenia
   Drugs, especially
       Cytotoxic agents
       Aspirin
       Phenytoin
       NSAIDs
       Quinidine
       Quinine
       Gold
       Ethanol
       Thiazide diuretics
       Estrogens
       Heparin
   Insecticides
   Disseminated intravascular coagulation
       Overwhelming infection
       Bacterial (especially meningococcal, gonococcal, staphylococcal, gram-negative)
          Viral (especially entero-, arbo-, adenovirus; HIV infection)
          Rickettsial (Rocky Mountain spotted fever, louse-borne typhus)
          Miliary tuberculosis
          Malaria
       Anaphylaxis
       Neoplasm (especially leukemia, lymphoma, and carcinoma of lung, prostate, or pancreas)
       Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
   Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
   Posttransfusion purpura
   Marrow failure
   Splenic sequestration of platelets
   Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Functional platelet disorders (e.g., Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, von Willebrand's disease)
Thrombocytosis

Vascular/Extravascular Causes


Vasculitis (palpable purpura)
   Henoch-Schönlein purpura
   Polyarteritis nodosa
   Churg-Strauss syndrome
   Wegener's granulomatosis
   Lupus erythematosus
   Rheumatoid arthritis
   Subacute bacterial endocarditis
   Hepatitis B
   Serum sickness
   Cryoglobulinemia
   Sjögren's syndrome
   Hyperglobulinemic purpura
   Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
   Lymphoproliferative disorders (especially Hodgkin's disease, lymphosarcoma)
   Drugs
       Antibiotics (penicillin, sulfonamides, tetracycline)
       Thiazides
       NSAIDs
       Hydralazine
       Cimetidine
       Phenytoin
       Allopurinol
       Quinidine
       Propylthiouracil
       Ketoconazole
       Gold
Aging
Prolonged elevated venous pressure (coughing, Valsalva maneuver) or other trauma
Steroids (endogenous or exogenous)
Amyloidosis
Cholesterol or fat embolization, or both
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Scurvy
Progressive pigmentary purpura

References


1. Handin RI: Bleeding and Thrombosis, pp. 339–340. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Handin RI: Disorders of Platelets and Vessel Wall, pp. 730–733. See Bibliography, 1.
3. Helm, pp. 83–84, 94. See Bibliography, 2.

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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