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20491556

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Certain physical signs can be useful in predicting impending death. We present four terminally ill patients with malignancy who developed petechiae on their bilateral palms and fingers during the week prior to their deaths. Drug-induced eruption, injury, and mechanical stimuli were thought to be unlikely causes of the petechiae. While the phenomenon has not previously been reported, we speculate palmar petechiae may be a clinical cutaneous sign of systemic deterioration in terminally ill patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1557-7740
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
615-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Palmar petechiae (black spots on palms) in terminally ill patients with cancer: a sign of impending death.
pubmed:affiliation
Palliative Care Unit, Shakaihoken Kobe Central Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. shinjo@doctor.email.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports