Letter P

Purpura

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<B>1.</B> A hemorrhagic area in the skin.

The area of bleeding within the skin, by definition, is greater than 3 millimeters in diameter.

The appearance of the purpura depends on age of the lesion.

Early purpura is red and becomes darker, then purple, and brown-yellow as it fades.

Purpura does not blanch when touched.<BR><B>2.</B> A condition characterized by purpura such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura and Schonlein-Henoch purpura.

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