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Púrpura - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Manchas de sangre; Hemorragias cutáneas

Definición:

Es la presencia de parches y manchas purpurinas en la piel, órganos y en las membranas mucosas, incluyendo el revestimiento de la boca.

Consideraciones generales:

La púrpura ocurre cuando hay filtración de pequeños vasos sanguíneos bajo la piel.

Cuando las manchas de púrpura son muy pequeñas, se las denomina petequias y, cuando son grandes, equimosis.

Una persona con púrpura puede tener conteo de plaquetas normal (púrpuras no trombocitopénicas) o disminución en el conteo de plaquetas (púrpuras trombocitopénicas). Las plaquetas ayudan a la coagulación de la sangre.

Causas comunes:

Las púrpuras no trombocitopénicas pueden deberse a:

La púrpura trombocitopénica puede deberse a:

  • Fecha de revisión: 4/12/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Kevin Berman, MD, PhD, Associate, Atlanta Center for Dermatologic Disease, Atlanta, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2004:2410.

Hoffman R, Benz EJ, Shattil SS, et al. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 4th ed. Orlando, Fl: Churchill Livingstone; 2005.

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