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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | TTP_1_020717 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC / DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION | Category: | purpura / reactive erythema | ||
| Body Site: | arm | Age: | 24 years | ||
| Contributor: | Roberto Boisier, MD | ||||
| Description: | purple patch | ||||
| Comments: | A healthy 24 year old man was admitted to the intensive care unit after a grand mal seizure. He had a 3 week history of back pain, dark urine, fever and generalized petechiae. He was profoundly anemic with a platelet count of 7000. After 6 weeks of aggressive therapy with plasma exchanges and repeated boluses of vincristine, he recovered without complications. | ||||
| Related Images: | TTP_2_020717 | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | TTP_2_020717 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC / DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION | Category: | purpura / reactive erythema | ||
| Body Site: | arm | Age: | 24 years | ||
| Contributor: | Roberto Boisier, MD | ||||
| Description: | diffuse petechiae and ecchymoses | ||||
| Comments: | A healthy 24 year old man was admitted to the intensive care unit after a grand mal seizure. He had a 3 week history of back pain, dark urine, fever and generalized petechiae. He was profoundly anemic with a platelet count of 7000. After 6 weeks of aggressive therapy with plasma exchanges and repeated boluses of vincristine, he recovered without complications. | ||||
| Related Images: | TTP_1_020717 | ||||
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