ABSTRACT
Pigmented purpuric dermatoses (PPDs), also called purpura simplex or chronic capillaritis, is the generic term for a variety of chronic conditions characterized by petechial and pigmentary macules. They include progressive, pigmented, purpuric dermatosis or Schamberg’s disease; pigmented, purpuric lichenoid dermatosis of Gougerot and Blum; eczematoid-like purpura of Doucas and Kapetanakis; purpura annularis telangiectodes or Majocchi’s disease; and lichen aureus. 1–3
