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petechia

[pe-te´ke-ah] (L.)

a minute, pinpoint, nonraised, perfectly round, purplish red spot caused by intradermal or submucous hemorrhage, which later turns blue or yellow. adj., adj pete´chial.

petechia

(pə-tē′kē-ə)

n. pl. pete·chiae (-kē-ī′)

A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage and often seen in typhus.

pe·te′chi·al adj.

pe·te′chi·ate (-ĭt) adj.

petechia

Plural, petechiae Dermatology A pinpoint, unraised, round red spot under the skin caused by RBCs leaking from capillaries

petechiae

(pē-tē′kē-ē) petechia [It. petecchia, skin spot]

PETECHIAE

1. Small, purplish, hemorrhagic spots on the skin that appear in patients with platelet deficiencies (thrombocytopenias) and in many febrile illnesses. See: illustration

2. Red spots from the bite of a flea.

Petechia

A tiny, purplish-red spot on the skin. Caused by the leakage of a bit of blood out of a vessel and under the skin.

Mentioned in: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Vasculitis

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* Theca interna cells remain unchanged but some of the capillaries contain coagulated blood causing petechia on the surface of the follicle.

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