Thrombocytopenic Purpura following Measles

The occurrence of thrombocytopenic purpura as a complication of the acute infectious fevers is uncommon, and two such cases with unusual features which occurred after measles are reported. Case Reports Case 1. C.M., a girl aged 3 years and 7 months, had been in good health until February 6, 1951, when she became unwell with fever and catarrhal symptoms followed three days later by a typical measles eruption. The course of the illness was mild, but on February 17, haemorrhagic vesicles appeared on the tongue followed by bleeding from the gums. Two days later on admission to hospital the child appeared in good general health except for a generalized purpuric rash with ecchymoses of the limbs and petechiae of the buccal,