Palpable purpura

Palpable purpura is a condition where purpura, which constitutes visible non-blanching hemorrhages, are raised and able to be touched or felt upon palpation.^[1] It indicates some sort of vasculitis secondary to a serious disease.^[1]^[2]

Causes[]

Rocky mountain spotted fever
Acute meningococcemia
Disseminated gonococcal infection
Ecthyma gangrenosum
Henoch–Schönlein purpura
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Polyarteritis nodosa
Leucocytoclastic vasculitis
Microscopic polyangiitis
Mixed essential cryoglobulinemia
Subacute bacterial endocarditis

Diagnosis[]

Identification of underlying cause.

Treatment[]

Treat the underlying disease.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Mushlin, Stuart B.; Greene, Harry Lemoine (2009). Decision Making in Medicine: An Algorithmic Approach. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 122. ISBN 978-0323041072. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ Crain, Ellen F.; Gershel, Jeffrey C. (2010). Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics. Cambridge University Press. p. 126. ISBN 9781139492867. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

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. PMID 20200171. S2CID 35801901.

[mushlin-1] Mushlin, Stuart B.; Greene, Harry Lemoine (2009). Decision Making in Medicine: An Algorithmic Approach. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 122. ISBN 978-0323041072. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[2] Crain, Ellen F.; Gershel, Jeffrey C. (2010). Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics. Cambridge University Press. p. 126. ISBN 9781139492867. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

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