Complicated Henoch-Schönlein purpura

Hayley M Hernstadt; Murray Bartlett; Joshua Y Kausman; Duncan Macgregor; Jonathan D Akikusa

doi:10.1111/jpc.12786

Complicated Henoch-Schönlein purpura

J Paediatr Child Health. 2015 Jun;51(6):639-42. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12786. Epub 2014 Dec 15.

Authors

Hayley M Hernstadt¹, Murray Bartlett², Joshua Y Kausman^{3

4}, Duncan Macgregor⁵, Jonathan D Akikusa^{1

6

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Radiology, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Nephrolog, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Anatomical Pathology, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Department of Rheumatology Service, General Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 25510813
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12786

Abstract

We present a case of Henoch Schonlein pupura in a 6-year-old boy demonstrating some of the diagnostic pitfalls, complications and management challenges of this common paediatric condition.

Keywords: Henoch Schonlein purpura; disease complications; immunosuppressive treatment; nephrotic syndrome; protein losing enteropathy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
IgA Vasculitis / complications*
IgA Vasculitis / diagnosis
IgA Vasculitis / drug therapy
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Male

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents