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 ...

Our patient had senile purpura, a condition in which capillary bleeding results from chronic congestion and fragile blood-vessel walls. An increased tendency to hemorrhage from usually insignificant ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 66-year-old woman of British-Irish ancestry. In the past few years, I have developed severe bruises on my arms in response to the slightest bump against objects, or simply ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 66-year-old woman of British-Irish ancestry. In the past few years, I have developed severe bruises on my arms in response to the slightest bump against objects, or simply ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • I have been diagnosed with senile purpura. It’s horrible. Would you tell us what causes it, and if there is ...

What’s wrong with Mitch McConnell’s hands? Probably nothing more than the thinning skin — and easy bruising — that comes with old age. Dermatologists say the 78-year-old Senate majority leader’s black ...