Thrombocytopenic purpura

Medical condition

Thrombocytopenic purpura

Purpura
Specialty	Immunology, hematology

Thrombocytopenic purpura are purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of causes,^[1] such as kaposi sarcoma.

Types

By tradition, the term idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is used when the cause is idiopathic, or unknown. However, most cases are now considered to be immune-mediated.^{[citation needed]}

Another form is thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.^{[citation needed]}

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is done by the help of symptoms and only blood count abnormality is thrombocytopenia.^{[citation needed]}

Treatment

References

^ "thrombocytopenic purpura" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary

External links

Classification	D MeSH: D011696 SNOMED CT: 302873008

Diseases of the skin and appendages by morphology

Growths

Epidermal	Wart Callus Seborrheic keratosis Acrochordon Molluscum contagiosum Actinic keratosis Squamous-cell carcinoma Basal-cell carcinoma Merkel-cell carcinoma Nevus sebaceous Trichoepithelioma
Pigmented	Freckles Lentigo Melasma Nevus Melanoma
Dermal and subcutaneous	Epidermal inclusion cyst Hemangioma Dermatofibroma (benign fibrous histiocytoma) Keloid Lipoma Neurofibroma Xanthoma Kaposi's sarcoma Infantile digital fibromatosis Granular cell tumor Leiomyoma Lymphangioma circumscriptum Myxoid cyst

Rashes

With
epidermal
involvement

Eczematous	Contact dermatitis Atopic dermatitis Seborrheic dermatitis Stasis dermatitis Lichen simplex chronicus Darier's disease Glucagonoma syndrome Langerhans cell histiocytosis Lichen sclerosus Pemphigus foliaceus Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome Zinc deficiency
Scaling	Psoriasis Tinea (Corporis Cruris Pedis Manuum Faciei) Pityriasis rosea Secondary syphilis Mycosis fungoides Systemic lupus erythematosus Pityriasis rubra pilaris Parapsoriasis Ichthyosis
Blistering	Herpes simplex Herpes zoster Varicella Bullous impetigo Acute contact dermatitis Pemphigus vulgaris Bullous pemphigoid Dermatitis herpetiformis Porphyria cutanea tarda Epidermolysis bullosa simplex
Papular	Scabies Insect bite reactions Lichen planus Miliaria Keratosis pilaris Lichen spinulosus Transient acantholytic dermatosis Lichen nitidus Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta
Pustular	Acne vulgaris Rosacea Folliculitis Impetigo Candidiasis Gonococcemia Dermatophyte Coccidioidomycosis Subcorneal pustular dermatosis
Hypopigmented	Tinea versicolor Vitiligo Pityriasis alba Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation Tuberous sclerosis Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis Leprosy Hypopigmented mycosis fungoides

Without
epidermal
involvement

Red

Blanchable
Erythema

Generalized	Drug eruptions Viral exanthems Toxic erythema Systemic lupus erythematosus
Localized	Cellulitis Abscess Boil Erythema nodosum Carcinoid syndrome Fixed drug eruption
Specialized	Urticaria Erythema (Multiforme Migrans Gyratum repens Annulare centrifugum Ab igne)

Nonblanchable
Purpura

Macular	Thrombocytopenic purpura Actinic/solar purpura
Papular	Disseminated intravascular coagulation Vasculitis

Indurated

Miscellaneous
disorders

Ulcers
Hair	Telogen effluvium Androgenic alopecia Alopecia areata Systemic lupus erythematosus Tinea capitis Loose anagen syndrome Lichen planopilaris Folliculitis decalvans Acne keloidalis nuchae
Nail	Onychomycosis Psoriasis Paronychia Ingrown nail
Mucous membrane	Aphthous stomatitis Oral candidiasis Lichen planus Leukoplakia Pemphigus vulgaris Mucous membrane pemphigoid Cicatricial pemphigoid Herpesvirus Coxsackievirus Syphilis Systemic histoplasmosis Squamous-cell carcinoma

Disorders of bleeding and clotting

Clotting

By cause	Clotting factors Antithrombin III deficiency Protein C deficiency Activated protein C resistance Protein S deficiency Factor V Leiden Prothrombin G20210A Platelets Sticky platelet syndrome Thrombocytosis Essential thrombocythemia DIC Purpura fulminans Antiphospholipid syndrome
Clots	Thrombophilia Thrombus Thrombosis Virchow's triad Trousseau sign of malignancy
By site	Deep vein thrombosis Bancroft's sign Homans sign Lisker's sign Louvel's sign Lowenberg's sign Peabody's sign Pratt's sign Rose's sign Pulmonary embolism Renal vein thrombosis

Bleeding

By cause

Thrombocytopenia	Thrombocytopenic purpura: ITP Evans syndrome TM TTP Upshaw–Schulman syndrome Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia May–Hegglin anomaly
Platelet function	adhesion Bernard–Soulier syndrome aggregation Glanzmann's thrombasthenia platelet storage pool deficiency Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome Gray platelet syndrome
Clotting factor	Hemophilia A/VIII B/IX C/XI von Willebrand disease Hypoprothrombinemia/II Factor VII deficiency Factor X deficiency Factor XII deficiency Factor XIII deficiency Dysfibrinogenemia Congenital afibrinogenemia