Palpable purpura
Not to be confused with Erythema annulare centrifugum.
Palpable purpura is a condition where purpura, which constitutes visible non-blanching hemorrhages, are raised and able to be touched or felt upon palpation.
Causes
- Rocky mountain spotted fever
- Acute meningococcemia
- Disseminated gonococcal infection
- Ecthyma gangrenosum
- Henoch–Schönlein purpura
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Leucocytoclastic vasculitis
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Mixed Essential Cryoglobulinemia
References
Further reading
- Bagai, A; Albert, S; Shenoi, SD (Nov–Dec 2001). "Evaluation and therapeutic outcome of palpable purpura.". Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology. 67 (6): 320–3. PMID 17664788.
- ARIAS-SANTIAGO, S.; ANEIROS-FERNANDEZ, J.; GIRON-PRIETO, M. S.; FERNANDEZ-PUGNAIRE, M. A.; NARANJO-SINTES, R. (3 March 2010). "Palpable purpura". Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 77 (3): 205–206. doi:10.3949/ccjm.77a.09065.
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