title: Purpura.
abstract: Purpura is a cutaneous manifestation of a wide variety of diseases. These include such diverse entities as platelet defects, vasculitides, and disorders of connective tissue. Uncovering the underlying disorder in a patient with purpura is a stimulating challenge to the clinician's diagnostic abilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Schreiner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011693:Purpura / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology