Drashti Patel, BS, BA, is currently a medical student in her third year at the University of Florida College of Medicine.
An 11-year-old boy with a petechial rash: A peculiar presentation
His vital signs in clinic were within normal limits, and the only additional finding at this time was a nontender, nonpruritic, and nonpalpable petechial rash on the bilateral lower extremities.
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