Gougerot–Blum syndrome

Gougerot–Blum syndrome
Classification and external resources
DiseasesDB	30753

Gougerot–Blum syndrome (also known as "Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis,"^[1] and "Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum"^[1]) 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, puritis, with a predilication for the legs, and histologically, it features a densely cellular lichenoid infiltrate.^[3]

It was characterized in 1925.^[4]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
↑ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
↑ Barnhill RL and Crowson AN (eds) Textbook of Dermatopathology, second edition, McGraw-Hill, 2004: 211-212
↑ synd/2079 at Who Named It?

Pigmentation disorders/Dyschromia (L80–L81, 709.0)

Hypo-/
leucism

Loss of melanocytes

vitiligo:	Quadrichrome vitiligo Vitiligo ponctué

syndromic	Alezzandrini syndrome Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome

melanocyte development:	Piebaldism Waardenburg syndrome Tietz syndrome

Loss of melanin/
amelanism

albinism:	Oculocutaneous albinism Ocular albinism

melanosome transfer:	Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome Chédiak–Higashi syndrome Griscelli syndrome Elejalde syndrome Griscelli syndrome type 2 Griscelli syndrome type 3

other:	Cross syndrome ABCD syndrome Albinism–deafness syndrome Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis Phylloid hypomelanosis Progressive macular hypomelanosis

Leukoderma w/o
hypomelanosis

Ungrouped

Hyper-

Melanin/
Melanosis/
Melanism

Reticulated	Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis Pigmentatio reticularis faciei et colli Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura Reticular pigmented anomaly of the flexures Naegeli–Franceschetti–Jadassohn syndrome Dyskeratosis congenita X-linked reticulate pigmentary disorder Galli–Galli disease Revesz syndrome

Diffuse/ circumscribed	Lentigo/Lentiginosis: Lentigo simplex Liver spot Centrofacial lentiginosis Generalized lentiginosis Inherited patterned lentiginosis in black persons Ink spot lentigo Lentigo maligna Mucosal lentigines Partial unilateral lentiginosis PUVA lentigines Melasma Erythema dyschromicum perstans Lichen planus pigmentosus Café au lait spot Poikiloderma (Poikiloderma of Civatte Poikiloderma vasculare atrophicans) Riehl melanosis

Linear	Incontinentia pigmenti Scratch dermatitis Shiitake mushroom dermatitis

Other/ungrouped	Acanthosis nigricans Freckle Familial progressive hyperpigmentation Pallister–Killian syndrome Periorbital hyperpigmentation Photoleukomelanodermatitis of Kobori Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation Transient neonatal pustular melanosis

Other
pigments

iron:	Hemochromatosis Iron metallic discoloration Pigmented purpuric dermatosis Schamberg disease Majocchi's disease Gougerot–Blum syndrome Doucas and Kapetanakis pigmented purpura/Eczematid-like purpura of Doucas and Kapetanakis Lichen aureus Angioma serpiginosum Hemosiderin hyperpigmentation

other metals:	Argyria Chrysiasis Arsenic poisoning Lead poisoning Titanium metallic discoloration

other:	Carotenosis Tattoo Tar melanosis

Dyschromatoses

Index of skin

Description	Anatomy Physiology connective tissue Development

Disease	Infections by morphology Vesiculobullous Dermatitis and eczema factitial Papulosquamous Urticaria and erythema Radiation-related Pigmentation Mucinoses Keratosis, ulcer, atrophy, and necrobiosis Vasculitis Fat Neutrophilic and eosinophilic Congenital Neoplasms and cancer nevi and melanomas epidermis dermis Symptoms and signs eponymous Terminology

Treatment	Procedures Drugs antibiotics disinfectants emollients and protectives itch psoriasis other Wound and ulcer

Gougerot–Blum syndrome

See also

References