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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Distinction between purpuric disorders and disorders of coagulation Clinical findings Disorders of coagulation* Purpuric disorders • Skin - petechiae Not usually seen Characteristic Ecchymoses Common - large one or more Characteristic - small or many scattered Soft tissue hematoma Characteristic Rare Joint hemorrhages Characteristic - hallmark of the disease Not usually seen Delayed bleeding Common Rare Bleeding from superficial skin abrasions Uncommon Common and persistent Family history of bleeding Common Rare Sex of the patient Predominantly male Predominantly female * Hemophilia and other coagulation disorders. • Disorders of platelets and blood vessels, including von Willebrand disease.