Nonthrombocytopenic_purpura Knowpia

Nonthrombocytopenic purpura
Nonthrombocytopenic purpura
Specialty	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:

References edit

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