Purpura is the discolouration of the skin or mucous membranes due to haemorrhage from small blood vessels. Signs and symptoms of purpura vary according to type.

Purpura fulminans is a rare, rapidly progressive and often fatal form of acute disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). It is marked by intravascular coagulation leading to thrombotic occlusion of small …

Henoch-Schönlein purpura, anaphylactoid purpura. Authoritative facts about the skin from DermNet New Zealand.

Senile purpura is characterised by irregularly-shaped macules, 1 – 4 cm in diameter, that are dark purple with well-defined margins. The lesions do not undergo the colour changes of a bruise and take up to …

Gougerot-Blum purpura (pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatosis) Gougerot-Blum capillaritis is less common. The patches are thickened and itchy, rather like eczema, but pathology is of a lichenoid …

View pictures of purpura fulminans in the gallery below. Purpura fulminans is a severe and rapidly fatal form of acute disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). It is sometimes associated with …

Retiform purpura have been reported in seriously ill COVID-19 patients due to microthrombi. Retiform purpura due to vessel lumen occlusion What are the clinical features of retiform purpura? Retiform …

Jan 23, 2016 · In the skin, small vessel vasculitis presents with palpable purpura. Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis can be idiopathic / primary, or secondary to infection, drug or disease. It may be …

Cutaneous vasculitis is inflammation involving capillaries or blood vessels in the skin. Purpura, petechiae, or nodules may be present, as shown in the images below.

Aug 14, 2017 · Bleeding and bruising, Contusion, Haemorrhage, Haematoma, Petechiae, Ecchymosis. Authoritative facts from DermNet New Zealand.