Palpable Purpura

• Raised, palpable discoloration of skin or mucous membrane due to vascular inflammation in the skin and extravasation of blood.
• Petechiae, ecchymosis, and palpable purpura do not blanch because blood has leaked outside the vessels into the surrounding skin.

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  Multiple purpuric papules and plaques of immunoglobulin A vasculitis on the legs.

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  Purpuric papules and plaques in immunoglobulin A vasculitis.

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  Palpable purpura of vasculitis.

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  Violaceous round plaques of palpable purpura in leukocytoclastic vasculitis.