senile purpura

Related to senile purpura: Henoch Schonlein purpura

bruising associated with advanced age. See purpura senilis.

Purpura occurring in debilitated and aged people with ecchymoses and petechiae on the legs.

See also: purpura

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This is known rather unfortunately, as senile purpura, literally meaning 'purple patches associated with age.

The most common of all types of purpura - senile purpura - mainly affects older women as blood vessels become fragile with age.

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