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. It indicates some sort of vasculitis secondary to a serious disease.

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.