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Petechiae: A red spot due to the escape of a small amount of blood. See detailed information below for a list of 85 causes of Petechiae, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Petechiae as a symptom include:
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causes of Petechiae
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Petechiae: , gen. petechia Minute hemorrhagic spots, of pinpoint to pinhead size, in the skin, which are not blanched by pressure. [Mod. L. form of It. petecchie]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Extravasation of blood into the skin, resulting in a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, larger than a petechia.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Pinpoint, unraised, round red spots under the skin caused by bleeding.
- (Source - National Cancer Institute)
The list below shows some of the causes of Petechiae mentioned in various sources:
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Petechiae. Of the 85 causes of Petechiae that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Petechiae based
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Petechial rash, Purpura, Ecchymoses, Ecchymosis, Peliosis
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Medical Conditions associated with Petechiae:
Red spots (61 causes), Rash (1165 causes), Skin symptoms (5992 causes), Bleeding symptoms (1783 causes), Circulatory system symptoms (1579 causes), Skin problems (3422 causes), Blood vessel symptoms (480 causes)
Symptoms related to Petechiae:
Meningococcemia, Vasculitis (65 causes), Thrombocytopenia (422 causes), HSP, Infectious mononucleosis, Infective endocarditis, Kawasaki disease (5 causes), Scarlet fever, Leukemia, Dengue fever, Cerebral malaria, Kwashiokar, Marasmus, Typhus, Hypocalcemia (13 causes), Rocky mountain spotted fever, H1N1
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