Purpura thrombocytopenic: Hemorrhagic spots with a tendency to confluence, existing on both lower legs with emphasis on the extensor sides. It is a drug-induced form of a thrombotic- thrombocytopenic purpura with hemolytic microangiopathic anemia and central nervous failure symptoms. The trigger was the ingestion of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Sudden onset with fever, disorientation, stupor.
Purpura, thrombocytopenic: colorful picture with fresh, punctiform, red bleedings as well as older, yellowish, hemosiderotic inclusions (see following figure)
Purpura, thrombocytopenic (detailed illustration): fresh haemorrhages are marked by arrows; yellowish haemosiderin deposits are circled and marked by stars.
Purpura thrombocytopenic: acutely occurring, partly large-area, partly punctiform, non-anemic spots with a tendency to confluence; sudden onset with fever, multiple thromboses, disorientation, stupor; it is a drug-induced form of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with hemolytic microangiopathic anemia at the base of an infectious disease and a previously unknown drug allergy.
Purpura thrombocytopenic: line shaped (after scratching, as well as after application of a compression bandage) fresh and slightly older skin bleedings (cannot be pushed away diascopically).
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