Petechiae and Purpura
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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