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IgA vasculitis (HSP), previously known as Henoch–Schönlein purpura, is a disease of the skin, mucous membranes, and sometimes other organs that most commonly affects children. In the skin, the disease causes palpable purpura (small, raised areas of bleeding underneath the skin), often with joint pain and abdominal pain .
Cryofibrinogenemia refers to a condition classified as a fibrinogen disorder in which a person's blood plasma is allowed to cool substantially (i.e. from its normal temperature of 37 °C to the near-freezing temperature of 4 °C), causing the (reversible) precipitation of a complex containing fibrinogen, fibrin, fibronectin, and, occasionally, small amounts of fibrin split products, albumin ...
Kawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a syndrome of unknown cause that results in a fever and mainly affects children under 5 years of age. [6] It is a form of vasculitis , in which medium-sized blood vessels become inflamed throughout the body. [ 1 ]
This type of priapism resembles hard flaccid syndrome, ... Henoch-Schonlein purpura (small blood vessel inflammation) Priapism commonly occurs in men with sickle cell disease, and the risk ...
286.6 Defibrination syndrome; 286.7 Acquired coagulation factor deficiency; 286.9 Coagulation defects, other; 287 Purpura and other hemorrhagic conditions. 287.0 Allergic purpura Henoch–Schönlein purpura; 287.3 Thrombocytopenia, primary 287.31 Immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; 287.4 Thrombocytopenia, secondary
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (abdominal and joint pain associated with a purple rash that looks like bruises, often on the legs and buttocks) ... Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, aka ...
Nonthrombocytopenic purpura is a type of purpura (red or purple skin discoloration) not associated with thrombocytopenia. [1] Nonthrombocytopenic purpura has been reported after smoking mentholated cigarettes. [2] Examples/causes include: Henoch–Schönlein purpura [3] Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia [4] Congenital cytomegalovirus [1 ...
Purpura (/ ˈ p ɜːr p jʊər ə / [1]) is a condition of red or purple discolored spots on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure. The spots are caused by bleeding underneath the skin secondary to platelet disorders, vascular disorders, coagulation disorders, or other causes. [ 2 ]