Assertion: purpura | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: to mechanical causes
type: CAUSE
value: to haemorrhage from small blood vessels
type: CAUSE
value: to acute leukemia,6 low platelet count
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Purpura is due to haemorrhage from small blood vessels, and there is as wide differential diagnosis.
text: Purpura may be due to vessel wall deposition of metabolic substances, such as amyloid in systemic amyloidosis, or calcium in calciphylaxis.
text: Purpura is also due to leakage of blood from broken capillaries into the surrounding tissues.
text: Purpura is due to haemorrhage from small blood vessels, and there is as wide differential diagnosis.
text: Purpura may be due to vessel wall deposition of metabolic substances, such as amyloid in systemic amyloidosis, or calcium in calciphylaxis.
text: Petechiae or purpura also can be due to noninfectious causes, such as secondary to drug eruptions, acute leukemia,6 low platelet count, and mechanical causes (Box 73-2).
text: Bateman's purpura is due to the weakening of a person's blood vessel walls.