"Purpura" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Purplish or brownish red discoloration, easily visible through the epidermis, caused by hemorrhage into the tissues. When the size of the discolorization is >2-3 cm it is generally called Ecchymoses (ECCHYMOSIS).
| Descriptor ID |
D011693
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C15.378.100.802 C23.550.414.950 C23.888.885.687
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Purpura" by people in Profiles.
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Development of sacral/buttock retiform purpura as an ominous presenting sign of COVID-19 and clinical and histopathologic evolution during severe disease course. J Cutan Pathol. 2021 Sep; 48(9):1166-1172.
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The differing pathophysiologies that underlie COVID-19-associated perniosis and thrombotic retiform purpura: a case series. Br J Dermatol. 2021 01; 184(1):141-150.
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Pigmented purpuric dermatosis: classification by phenotypic and molecular profiles. Am J Clin Pathol. 2007 Aug; 128(2):218-29.
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Atypical pigmentary purpura: a clinical, histopathologic, and genotypic study. Hum Pathol. 1999 Sep; 30(9):1004-12.
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Acral purpuric papulonodular lesions as a manifestation of Behçet's disease. Int J Dermatol. 1995 Mar; 34(3):190-2.
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Immunocytochemical identification of Rochalimaea henselae in bacillary (epithelioid) angiomatosis, parenchymal bacillary peliosis, and persistent fever with bacteremia. Am J Surg Pathol. 1992 Jul; 16(7):650-7.
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[BUCCAL AMYLOIDOSIS AND PLASMOCYTIC MYELOMATOSIS]. Sem Hop. 1963 Dec 30; 39:2907-10.