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Case Reports Journal Article Epublish

PubMed: 41171796 DOI: 10.25251/03wywj65

A case of diffuse Gougerot and Blum purpuric pigmented dermatosis.

Dermatol Online J 31(4)

Authors: Alma Poulain, Théo Brochet, Christophe Attencourt, Catherine Lok, Guillaume Chaby

Affiliations

  • Department of Dermatology, CHU Amiens-Picardie, France.
  • Department of Pathology, CHU Amiens-Picardie, France.

Abstract

Purpuric and pigmented lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum is a form of purpuric pigmented dermatosis. These entities are rarely described, but are likely underdiagnosed. Herein, we present a patient with this condition that is unusual in is its diffuse nature and its delayed diagnosis after twenty years of evolution.

MeSH

Skin Diseases