purpura
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈpɜrpjʊrə/
- Specialized
:
púrpura
- The patient exhibited symptoms of purpura, and the medical team decided to conduct further tests to identify the cause.
- thrombocytopenic purpura
- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Examples
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The doctor explained that purpura can occur due to various blood diseases that cause bleeding under the skin.
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We describe a case of active SLE complicated by thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in a 21-year-old woman and discuss the neurological and radiological findings.
Academic text (2007) -
Splenomegaly and purpura were noted in patient 3 at birth.
Academic text (2000) -
"Oh," they said, "it's nothing... vascular purpura."
Fiction book (1992) -
Background: Diagnosis and management of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) have been based primarily on expert opinion and practice guidelines rather than on evidence.
Academic text (2001) -
In invasive disease, 80% develop purpura or petechiae, but 13% have only blanching maculopapular rash, and 7% have no rash.
Academic text (2014) -
Management of childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is based more on opinion and local practices than on evidence and has been the subject of fierce debate for decades.
Academic text (2001) -
On examination, multiple cutaneous manifestations were noted, including petechiae, purpura, a maculopapular rash, and a diffuse erythematous rash.
Academic text (2012) -
Laparoscopic splenectomy is a real alternative to conventional splenectomy for some hematologic diseases, particularly idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic anemia.
Academic text (2007) -
After noticing the unusual purple spots on his arms, he went to the clinic to check if he had purpura.
Synonyms
Purple spots or bruises on the skin caused by low blood platelets
A condition that causes easy bruising and bleeding because the blood has very few platelets for no known reason
Widespread bleeding into the skin and inside the mouth when blood cells that stop bleeding are low
Compounds
- Specialized
A condition that causes easy bruising and bleeding because the blood has very few platelets for no known reason
- Specialized
Small purple spots on the skin from damaged tiny blood vessels, not from low platelets
- Specialized
Widespread bleeding into the skin and inside the mouth when blood cells that stop bleeding are low
- Specialized
Purple spots or bruises on the skin caused by low blood platelets
How Severe
- Specialized
31
7.5
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
3
9.9
- Specialized
5
9.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Purpura comes from an old Latin and Greek word purpura meaning 'purple', the same root as the English word purple. That's why doctors call the condition purpura — it causes purple spots on the skin.