Gougerot–Blum syndrome

Gougerot–Blum syndrome
Other namesPigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis, and Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum
Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum
SpecialtyDermatology
Named after
  • Henri Gougerot
  • Paul Blum

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.: 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.

It was characterized in 1925.

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

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