Recently many news articles have discussed a purple spot on the top of the hand of a very prominent public figure. The label used for it is likely senile purpura. It seemed appropriate to describe it ...

Thrombocytopenia is an atypically low platelet count. Acquired thrombocytopenia is caused by conditions that develop throughout your life instead of genes inherited from birth. Acquired ...

Supported by a grant (1R01HL166246, to Dr. Bendapudi) from the National Institutes of Health and by the Luick Family Fund of the Department of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Disclosure ...