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What does purpura mean?

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  1. (medicine) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.
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Depending on their size, purpuric lesions are traditionally classified as petechiae, purpura or ecchymoses.
Skin hemorrhages in the form of petechiae, ecchymoses, hematomas, and purpura will quickly become apparent.
Rashes with purpura, urticaria, and subcutaneous nodules are common.
She was diagnosed with a thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura like syndrome and was treated with daily plasma exchange and steroids.
Hemic and lymphatic: Decreased serum fibrinogen, pancytopenia, purpura, thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, anemia, aplastic anemia.
The external autopsy examination revealed anasarca with ascites, jaundice, diffuse petechiae and purpura, and a presacral decubitus ulcer.

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