A five year old child presents with the finding shown above as well as several days complaint of colicky abdominal as well as hip and knee pain. You notice edema in the lower extremities, periarticular swelling and tenderness of the joints without effusion, erythema, or warmth. The stool is guaiac positive; there is also isolated microscopic hematuria.Challenge: What's the diagnosis?
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food for though - what's harder to pronounce: berger's disease or henoch shonlein purpura
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ReplyDeleteyes! definitely the hardest to spell too.
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This is Henoch-Schonlein purpura, the most common systemic vasculitis in children with the tetrad of palpable purpura without thrombocytopenia or coagulopathy, arthritis or arthralgias, abdominal pain, and renal disease. It is due to immune-mediated IgA deposition. The rash is typically symmetric on the lower extremities or buttocks.
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