PURPURA

infections:

meningococcal septicaemia

septic emboli

viral, eg. echo, coxsackie

rickettsial, eg. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus

haematological disorders:

disseminated intravascular coagulation

haemolytic-uraemic syndrome

thrombocytopaenia

thrombasthenia

cryoglobulinaemia

other / miscellaneous causes:

trauma

insect bites

scurvy [perifollicular haemorrhages]

vasculitis [various causes]

left atrial myxoma

hyperglobulinaemic purpura

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