Petechiae: punctate spots that arise from spontaneous bleeding secondary to profound thrombocytopenia. 
The spots (easily visible on this patient's legs) are flat, non-blanching and non-tender. 
seen on right.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images

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Dr. Charles Goldberg @DrGoldberg · 6 years ago
Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego - Division of Hospital Medicine, - Images shared with permission from the UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images - https://meded.ucsd.edu/clinicalimg/
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