Familial pigmented purpuric dermatoses.

J Dermatol

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Published: September 2006

Pigmented purpuric dermatoses (PPD) are chronic, asymptomatic dermatoses characterized by petechiae, pigmentation and rarely telangiectasias. Familial occurrence of PPD is very rare. We report four individuals in a family over three generations. The inheritance is suggestive of an autosomal dominant pattern.

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