Nonthrombocytopenic purpura

Nonthrombocytopenic purpura
Nonthrombocytopenic purpura
Classification and external resources
ICD-9 287.2

Nonthrombocytopenic purpura is a type of purpura (red or purple skin discoloration) not associated with thrombocytopenia.[1]

Examples/causes include:

References

  1. ^ a b "MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Purpura". http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003232.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
  2. ^ "Evaluating the Child with Purpura - August, 2001 - American Family Physician". http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010801/419.html. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
  3. ^ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 650. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1. 

Further reading

v · d · ePathology: hematology · hematologic diseases of RBCs and megakaryocytes / MEP (D50-69,74, 280-287)
Red
blood cells
↑
↓
Hemolytic
(mostly Normo-)
Acquired
Aplastic
(mostly Normo-)
Other
Coagulation/
coagulopathy
↑
↓
adhesion (Bernard–Soulier syndrome) · aggregation (Glanzmann's thrombasthenia) · platelet storage pool deficiency (Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome, Gray platelet syndrome)
Clotting factor

M: MYL

cell/phys (coag, heme, immu, gran), csfs

rbmg/mogr/tumr/hist, sysi/epon, btst

drug (B1/2/3+5+6), btst, trns
v · d · ePathology: hemodynamics
Decreases
general: Anemic infarct · Hemorrhagic infarct
regional: Myocardial infarction · Cerebral infarction · Splenic infarction · Limb infarction
Increases
Other



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