Name
PURPURIC ERRUPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. PRIMARY CUTANEOUS DISORDERS * TRAUMA * SOLAR PURPURA * STEROID PURPURA * CAPILLARITIS * LIVEDOID VASCULITIS 2. SYSTEMIC DISEASES A. NONPALPABLE 1. CLOTTING DISTURBANCES * THROMBOCYTOPENIA * ABNORMAL PLATELET FUNCTION A. DEFECTS OF PLATELET ADHESION - VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE - BERNARD-SOULIER SYNDROME B. DEFECTS OF PLATELET AGGREGATION - GLANZMANN THROMBOCYTOPENIA C. DEFECTS OF PLATELET RELEASE - DECREASED CYCLOOXYGENASE ACTIVITY D. DRUG INDUCED : ASPIRIN, NSAIDS E. CONGENITAL - GRANULE STORAGE POOL DEFECTS F. ACQUIRED - UREMIA - PLATELET COATING ( PENICILLIN OR PARAPROTEINS ) - DEFECTS OF PLATELET COAGULANT ACTIVITY : SCOTT SYNDROME * CLOTTING FACTOR DEFECTS 2. VASCULAR FRAGILITY - AMYLOIDOSIS - EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME - SCURVY 3. THROMBI - DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION - MONOCLONAL CRYOGLOBULINEMIA - THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA - WARFARIN REACTION 4. EMBOLI - CHOLESTROL - FAT 5. POSSIBLE IMMUNE COMPLEX - GARDNER-DIAMOND SYNDROME ( AUTOERYTHROCYTE SENSTIVITY ) - WALDENSTROM HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIC PURPURA B. PALPABLE 1. VASCULITIS - LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS - POLYARTERITIS NODOSA 2. EMBOLI ( BACTERIAL, FUNGAL, PARASITIC ) - ACUTE MENINGOCOCCEMIA - DISSEMINATED GONOCOCCAL INFECTION - ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER - ECTHYOMA GANGRENOSUM
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
BLEEDING TIME, CLOTTING TIME, FIBRINOGEN, BLOOD UREA, ANTI-NUCLEAR ANTIBODY TEST, BLOOD CULTURE, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT