Gougerot–Blum syndrome is a variant of Pigmented purpuric dermatitis, a skin condition characterized by minute, rust-colored to violaceous, lichenoid papule

Papule

A papule is a circumscribed, solid elevation of skin with no visible fluid, varying in size from a pinhead to 1 cm.With regard to the quote "...varying in size from a pinhead to 1cm," depending on which text is referenced, some authors state the cutoff between a papule and a plaque as 0.5cm,...

s that tend to fuse into plaques of various hues. 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.

It was characterized in 1925.

See also

• Pigmentary purpuric eruptions
  Pigmentary purpuric eruptions
  Pigmented purpuric dermatosis refers to one of the three major classes of skin conditions characterized by purpuric skin eruptions.Pigmented purpuric dermatosis are distinguished from other purpura by size and are most often...
  
  
• Skin lesion
• List of cutaneous conditions