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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