Gougerot–Blum syndrome

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Gougerot–Blum syndrome
Other namesPigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis,[1] and Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum[1]
Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum
SpecialtyDermatology
Named after

Gougerot–Blum syndrome is a variant of pigmented purpuric dermatitis, a skin condition characterized by minute, rust-colored to violaceous, lichenoid papules that tend to fuse into plaques of various hues.[2]: 829  Relative to other variants, it is characterized clinically by a male predominance, pruritus, with a predilection for the legs, and histologically, it features a densely cellular lichenoid infiltrate.[3]

It was characterized in 1925.[4]

Gougerot–Blum syndrome is named after the French dermatologists Henri Gougerot (1881–1955) and Paul Blum (1878–1933).

See also

  • Pigmentary purpuric eruptions
  • Skin lesion
  • List of cutaneous conditions

References

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  3. ^ Barnhill RL and Crowson AN (eds) Textbook of Dermatopathology, second edition, McGraw-Hill, 2004: 211-212
  4. Who Named It?

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