Petechiae
Petechiae: Introduction
Petechiae: A red spot due to the escape of a small amount of blood.
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Causes of Petechiae:
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causes of Petechiae.
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Purpura
- "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
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- Purpura
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Petechiae
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Purpura
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Purpura
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Purpura
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Purpura
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Misdiagnosis and Petechiae
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Causes of Petechiae listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Petechiae as a symptom include:
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- (Source - Diseases Database)
Definitions of Petechiae:
Petechiae: , gen. petechia Minute hemorrhagic spots, of pinpoint to pinhead size, in the skin, which are not blanched by pressure. [Mod. L. form of It. petecchie]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Extravasation of blood into the skin, resulting in a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, larger than a petechia.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Pinpoint, unraised, round red spots under the skin caused by bleeding.
- (Source - National Cancer Institute)
Detailed list of causes of Petechiae
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causes of Petechiae
How Common are these Causes of Petechiae?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Petechiae.
Of the 80
causes of Petechiae that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 0
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 6
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 73
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Petechiae
Conditions listing symptoms: Petechiae:
The following list of conditions
have 'Petechiae' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Acquired Aplastic Anemia
... petechiaeAcute biphenotypic leukemia
... petechiaeAcute lymphoblastic leukemia
... petechiaeAcute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult
... petechiaeALL-Down syndrome
... petechiaeAltamira syndrome
... petechiaeArgentinean hemorrhagic fever
... petechiaeAtrial myxoma, familial
... petechiaeATRUS syndrome
... petechiaeAutoimmune Thrombocytopenia
... petechiaeAutoimmune Vasculitis
... PetechiaeB
Bacterial endocarditis
... petechiaeBolivian hemorrhagic fever
... petechiaeC
Chronic Idiopathic Myelofibrosis
... petechiaeChronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
... petechiaeCongenital cytomegalovirus
... petechiaeE
Ethylmalonic aciduria
... petechiaeF
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
... petechiaeG
Gaucher disease - perinatal lethal form
... petechiaeH
Hantavirosis
... petechiaeHemorragic fever with renal syndrome
... petechiaeI
Immune thrombocytopenia
... petechiaeInfective endocarditis
... petechiaeL
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L1
... petechiaeLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L2
... petechiaeLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3
... petechiaeLeukemia, Monocytic, Acute
... petechiaeLeukemia, Myeloid, Philadelphia-Negative
... petechiaeLeukemia, Myeloid, Philadelphia-Positive
... petechiaeLymphoblastic lymphoma
... petechiaeM
Myelodysplastic syndromes
... petechiaeMyelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disease
... petechiaeP
Pancytopenia
... petechiaeS
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with combined immunodeficiency
... petechiaeT
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
... petechiaeV
Vasculitis hypersensitivity
... PetechiaeX
X-linked dyserythropoietic anaemia and thrombocytopenia
... petechiae
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Causes of Petechiae Based on Risk Factors
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What are the alternative names for Petechiae:
Petechial rash, Purpura, Ecchymoses, Ecchymosis, Peliosis
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Petechiae:
Medical Conditions associated with Petechiae:
Red spots (43 causes), Rash (930 causes), Skin symptoms (3572 causes), Skin problems (3304 causes)
Symptoms related to Petechiae:
Meningococcemia, Vasculitis (3 causes), Thrombocytopenia (117 causes), HSP, Infectious mononucleosis, Infective endocarditis, Kawasaki disease, Scarlet fever, Leukemia, Dengue fever, Cerebral malaria, Kwashiokar, Marasmus, Typhus, Hypocalcemia (11 causes), Rocky mountain spotted fever, H1N1
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