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Palpable purpura

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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

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