Diagnosaurus
Palpable purpura
DDx
Vasculitis
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Wegener’s granulomatosis
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Hypersensitivity (leukocytoclastic) vasculitis
- Meningococcemia
- Gonococcemia
- Endocarditis
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Aspergillus
- Candidiasis
- Ecthyma gangrenosum (neutropenic, pseudomonal)
- Sarcoidosis
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohn’s disease
- Medications
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Palpable Purpura." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114241/all/Palpable_purpura.
Zeiger RFR. Palpable purpura. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114241/all/Palpable_purpura. Accessed May 16, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Palpable purpura. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114241/all/Palpable_purpura
Zeiger RFR. Palpable Purpura [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 16]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114241/all/Palpable_purpura.
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