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Petechiae (Skin)

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Petechiae (Skin)

Petechiae are small red, purple, or brown spots as seen here in the skin.

By permission of the publisher. From Deitcher S. In Atlas of Clinical Hematology. Edited by JO Armitage. Philadelphia, Current Medicine, 2004.

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