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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ]
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
Immune complex glomerulonephritis, as seen in Henoch-Schönlein purpura; this is an example of IgA involvement in a nephropathy. The reaction can take hours, days, or even weeks to develop, depending on whether or not there is immunological memory of the precipitating antigen. Typically, clinical features emerge a week following initial antigen ...
Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP) - Often considered a systemic form of IgA nephropathy, Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic small-vessel vasculitis that is characterized by deposition of IgA antibody immune complexes in different key areas throughout the body.