Nonthrombocytopenic purpura explained

Nonthrombocytopenic purpura
Field:	Dermatology

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]
• Meningococcemia

Further reading

• HORLER AR, TRUELOVE SC . Chronic leg ulcers in non-thrombocytopenic purpura . Br Med J . 1 . 4914 . 635–6 . March 1955 . 13230576 . 2061391 . 10.1136/bmj.1.4914.635.
• MULDOON JP, BERG AM, KINNAIRD DW . Surgical implications of non-thrombocytopenic purpura . Ann. Surg. . 142 . 5 . 817–23 . November 1955 . 13269032 . 1465031 . 10.1097/00000658-195511000-00007.

Notes and References

1. Web site: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Purpura . 2009-01-06.
2. Parikh's Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
3. Evaluating the child with purpura. American Family Physician . 64 . 3 . 419–28 . 2009-01-06. August 2001 . Chan . Ka Wah . Leung . Alexander K. C. . 11515831 .
4. Book: Cotran, Ramzi S. . Kumar, Vinay . Fausto, Nelson . Nelso Fausto . Robbins, Stanley L. . Abbas, Abul K. . Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease . Elsevier Saunders . St. Louis, Mo . 2005 . 650 . 978-0-7216-0187-8 .