Quantcast This image displays numerous "cayenne pepper" flat lesions are formed when blood leaks into the skin. This image displays a large patch of capillaritis due to blood leaking into the skin. This image displays bright red and golden lesions from blood leaking into the skin. This variant of capillaritis is known as lichen aureus. Numerous deep red and purple elevations of the skin can be seen in capillaritis. This image displays flat, cayenne-pepper-appearing areas of color change typical of capillaritis. This image displays cayenne-pepper colored skin lesions typical of capillaritis.
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Capillaritis:
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Picture of Capillaritis: This image displays numerous "cayenne pepper" flat lesions are formed when blood leaks into the skin. Divider line
This image displays numerous "cayenne pepper" flat lesions are formed when blood leaks into the skin.
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Signs and Symptoms
The most common location for capillaritis is the leg, though it may manifest on the trunk and upper extremities. Capillaritis never presents on the face. Presentation may include:
  • Brown-red or deeply pigmented, pepper-like petechiae in dark-skinned individuals
  • Cayenne-pepper–colored petechiae in lighter-skinned individuals 
  • Color variations in the lesions due to different stages of blood breakdown product (hemosiderin) reabsorption
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2007

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