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Understand Expansive Options for Purpura Dx

Published on Tue Jul 29, 2025

Question: I work for primary care providers at a family practice, and one of our providers saw a 4-year-old established patient who presented with two large red and blackish blotches on the bottom of their toe and sole of their foot. The documentation says that the spots didn’t blanch when pressed and weren’t swollen, and the patient did not complain [...]
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