INTRODUCTION Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a systemic disease with frequent renal involvement, characterized by IgA mesangial deposits. Streptococcal infection can induce an abnormal IgA immune response like Henoch-Schönlein purpura, quite similar to typical acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis. Indeed, hypocomplementemia that is typical of acute glomerulonephritis has also been described in ...

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune disease characterized by auto-antibody induced platelet destruction and reduced platelet production, leading to low blood platelet count. In this case report, the clinical diagnose of a patient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and spontaneous gingival hemorrhage by a dentist is presented. The patient did not have any systemic disease that wou...

background: quality of life has been used as an important tool to understand illnesses impact in recent decades. idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a chronic disease which affects the individuals’ quality of life. the present study was conducted to compare the quality of life among idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura patients’ with healthy people. patients and methods: this was a descriptiv...

BACKGROUND An anaphylactoid purpura affects small capillaries in the skin and other organs. Although two cases of anaphylactoid purpura exacerbated by cellulitis have been reported in Japanese literatures, its prognosis remains still unclear. Because cellulitis exacerbates various cutaneous inflammations, it has been speculated that cellulitis might also exacerbate cutaneous inflammation, such ...

C. L. BALF From the Department of Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh, and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh (RECVED FoE PUBLICATION FEBRuARY 20, 1950) Widespread visceral lesions were first described Sch6nlein (1837) suggested that they constituted a as a complication of cutaneous purpura by Willan clinical entity. The alimentary changes have been in 1808, but they wer...

Progressive pigmentary purpura or Schamberg's disease. Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum red/brown papules and plaques in men which responds to psoralen combined with ultraviolet A (PUVA) treatment. Purpura annularis telangiectodes rare, with a preponderance in young females and manifests as annular erythematous plaques and patches. Eczematoid-like purpura of Doucas a...

Purpura fulminans is a rare syndrome of intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin, which is an unusual cutaneous manifestation of disseminated intravascular coagulation. It often occurs in small children and babies due to infection and/or sepsis, rarely in adults in clinic. We report the first case of deadly purpura fulminans following thermal injury in a 64-year-old Chine...

Progressive pigmentary purpura or Schamberg's disease. Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum red/brown papules and plaques in men which responds to psoralen combined with ultraviolet A (PUVA) treatment. Purpura annularis telangiectodes rare, with a preponderance in young females and manifests as annular erythematous plaques and patches. Eczematoid-like purpura of Doucas a...

The initial presentation of a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis was indistinguishable from that of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. The patient presented with skin purpura and pulmonary hemorrhage followed by purpura in the colon. The diagnosis of this patient at that time was Henoch-Schönlein purpura. With time, massive lesions in the sinus and those with cavities in the lung became apparent, and...

Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition marked by localized tissue damage that may lead to a broader reaction. There growing evidence patients with severe form of acute have endothelial dysfunction as one the key pathophysiologic symptoms. In line this, there been new studies linking hematological thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).Here, we are describing rare conversive event in...